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^ HISTORY of PRINTING
in COLONIAL MARYLAND
1686-1776
r
A HISTORY
0/ P R I N T I N G
IN
COLONIAL
MARTLAND
\^%(:i-\rj'](i
By LAWRENCE C. WROTH, First Assistant
Librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library
'BALtl^hCO^E
Published bv theTYPOTHETAE o/BALTIMORE
MCMXXII
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\\S%Z'iG'^
'Publication (Committee
Nathan Billstein, of The Lord Baltimore Press, Chairman
Edward B. Passano, of The Williams 6? Wilkins Company
George K. Horn, of The Maryland Color Printing Company
To His
Father and liMother
Its Curliest and Kindest Matrons
this '^ookjs ^Dedicated by
the ^Author
iNrT{OT>ucrio:j^
IjT is only by infrequent contributions that there is being
formedabodyof writingon that phase of American liter-
ary history which has to do with the history of printing
in the original colonies .For generations in England and
in continental Europe the investigation of typographi-
cal origins has been afield of research in which scholars
have taken a particular delight, but although Isaiah Thomas wrote his
"History of Printing in America" more than a hundred years ago, and
although in general American bibliography, Sabin and Charles Evans
have compiled notable works which should have given impetus to this study
in the United States, yet it remains true that intensive investigations of the
printing history of the individual colonies, or of the issue of their presses,
have been undertaken with noticeable reluctance. When there have been
mentioned the works of Hildeburnfor Pennsylvania and New York, of
Roden and Little field for early Massachusetts, of Weeks forNorth Caro-
lina, of Clayton-Torrence for Virginia, and of The John Carter Brown
Library for Rhode Island, the tale has been completed^
The typographical history of Maryland,the fourth of the English colo-
nies in which the art was established, had never been made the subject of an
especial study until the present work was undertaken. One whose interest
lay in that subject had for authority only the general history of Isaiah
Thomas, which, in its section devoted to Maryland, added inaccuracy of
statement to an inevitable poverty of detail. Writing before the provincial
' Hildeburn, C. S. R., A Century of Printing, The Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, 168S-1784. 2 v. Phila.
1885. Sketches 0/ Printers and Printing in Colonial New York. N.Y. 1895.
Roden, R. F., The Cambridge Printers, l6s8-l6g2. N.Y. 1905.
Littlefield, G. E., The Early Massachusetts Press, 16^8-1711. 2 v. Boston, 1907.
Weeks, S. B., The Press 0/ North Carolina in the 18th Century. Brooklyn, 1893.
Clayton-Torrence, William, A Trial Bibliography of Colonial Virginia, ido^-iyyd. (Published in two sections
as parts of the "Report of the Librarian of the Virginia State Library," for 1908 and 1909.)
Rhode Island Imprints, iy2y-i8oo. Compiled by [Miss Rebecca P. Steere] the John Carter Brown Library.
Providence, 191 5.
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INT'HJD'DUCTIO^^
records of Maryland had been collected and published, Mr. Thomas as-
serted that printing in Lord Baltimore's province began with the press
which William Parks set up in Annapolis in the year iy26,and succeed-
ing writers have repeated his error and continue still to repeat it in spite
of the accessibility to them of records unknown to the pioneer historian.
Occasionally, it is true, a writer has discovered traces of an earlier group
of Maryland printers than that which Mr. Thomas had knowledge of, but
as a general thing these discoveries have not been made the matter of per-
manent record, so that for all practical purposes the current knowledge of
Maryland printing origins remains today in the state in which Thomas
left it,' and this is true in spite of the efforts at correction made by the edi-
tors of his second edition in the year 1874. On the other hand, if in the
accepted chronology of American printing, the date of the Maryland ori-
gins is set a generation later than is correct, the traditional date of its
beginning, a tradition fabricatedless than half a century ago byj. Thomas
Scharf^ has been placed at least two generations earlier than is warranted
by the evidence.
It is proposed by the writer of the present work, dismissing as inde-
fensible Scharf's unsupported assertions, to demonstrate that printing
began in Maryland probably forty years before Parks set up his press in
Annapolis, and that three printers operated in the Province and two
others were licensed to operate there before the year which is usually ac-
cepted as marking the inauguration of the typographic art on the shores
of the Chesapeake. The history of the later presses also will be set forth
with some minuteness, and in an appendix to the narrative will be placed
a list of all Maryland imprints between the years i68g and 1776, in so
far as these could be collected either at first hand, from printed bibliog-
raphies, or by title from records presumptive of their publication.
If it seem at times in this narrative that undue attention has been given
' In the face of this generalization, one must call attention to the fact that various Maryland writers, partic-
ularly William Hand Browne and Bernard C. Steiner, editors of the Archives of Maryland, have consistently
pointed to evidence of the existence of earlier printers than were known to Thomas. Hugh A. Morrison cited evi-
dence of the operations of the first Maryland printer in a note, pp. 62 and 63, in his Catalogue of the Books, Manu-
scripts and Maps Relating Principally to America, Collected by the late Levi Z. Leiter. Washington, 1907; and an
anonymous writer in the Baltimore Sun, June 2, 1907, adduced similar evidence from the Provincial records.
^ Scharf, J. T., History of Maryland. 3 v. Baltimore, 1879, i : 190; for a discussion of Scharf's story, see appen-
dix of this narrative.
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INT%p'DUCTIOD^
to the bibliography of Maryland laws and to the legislation underlying
their publication, it must be remembered that it was the printing of laws
and the public business generally which brought printers to the early
American cities. In the seventeenth century, in such capitals as Annap-
olis and Williamsburg, the private patronage of the press would not have
provided a living for the least ambitious of its votaries. Public printing
was the living of the printer in colonial Maryland until after the middle
of the eighteenth century; the publication of the laws was his reason for
being in the Province. The eye of authority looked with uneasiness on
such issues of his press as did not initiate in a government office, and its
hand was continually raised in the gesture of plucking away the license
by favor of which he gained his bread. The literary activity of the Prov-
ince came late into being, and the religious life was of a sort that rarely
sought expression in print. In these pages a few sermons will be taken
account of, and a political document or two will be noticed, but it is pre-
eminently the printing of the Maryland laws that forms the framework
for the early part of the narrative which here ensues.
It is obvious that to have carried through a work of this character with-
out assistance from many persons would have been a supremely tedious
task, but fortunately the author has not been compelled to encounter his
difficulties alone. In the course of his adventure he has found a helping
hand reached out to him in whatever direction he has turned, and for the
assistance which has been freely given by everyone to whom he has ap-
plied, he here acknowledges himself most grateful. As usual in such cases,
however, there are certain individuals whose aid has been of such a charac-
ter as to give him an especial pleasure in its acknowledgment. Foremost
among these m ust be mentioned Mr. Wilberforce Eames of the New York
Public Library, that kindly book-lover and scholar who by makinghimself
the servant of all American bibliographers has become their master. It is
with an added sense of obligation, too, that the author recalls the interest
displayed in the work at every step in its progress by his chief in the Enoch
Pratt Free Library, Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, whose knowledge of even this
bypath of colonial history has proved to be an unfailing source which could
be drawn upon without restraint, as its richness was yielded always with-
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INT1iO'DUCTI03^
out stint. Mr. Leonard L. Mackall, of Baltimore and Savannah, erudite
bibliophile and citizen oj the world, has given to the author guidance as to
sources of information, and has inspired him with something oj his own
zest in literary research. Mr. L. H. Dielman, of the Peabody Institute, Bal-
timore, not only has given freely of his bibliographical and historical knowl-
edge, but as well has displayed throughout that peculiarly sympathetic
quality of interest and encouragement which is his choice possession. Mr.
George Watson Cole, the Henry E. Huntington librarian, in a specific
matter has made easy a part of the task which the author s ignorance of
certain bibliographical practices was rendering laborious. For assistance
in other specific points thanks are due to Mr. Edward Ingle and J. Hall
Pleasants, M.D. of Baltimore; the Rev. Thomas Hughes and the late Rev.
E. I. Devitt, both of the Society of Jesus; Messrs. Hugh A. Morrison and
J. C. Fitzpatrick of the Library of Congress; Mr. Victor Hugo Paltsits of
the New York Public Library and Mr. Earl G. Swem of the William and
Mary College Library. A particular acknowledgment should be made to
Mr. Robert A. Hayes and Mr. Charles Fickus of the Maryland Histori-
cal Society staff for cheerful and patient acceptance of almost daily de-
mands on their attention. For courtesies extended both by correspondence
and in person thanks are owing to the librarians and staff s of the Library
of Congress; the Peabody Library, the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the
Maryland Diocesan Library, of Baltimore; the Maryland State Library
andtheLandOffice,of Annapolis; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library Company, the Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania Library and the American Philosophical Society; the
New York Public Library, the New York Historical Society and the New
York Bar Association Library; the Boston Athenaum, Harvard College
Library, and the Massachusetts Historical Society; the American Anti-
quarian Society; the John Carter Brown Library and the Rhode Island
Historical Society.
An acknowledgment of indebtedness would be incomplete which failed
to comment on the spirit in which a difficult piece of typographical work
has been handled by Mr. Norman T. A. Munder and his associates, the
printers of the book. Each person in that establishment concerned in the
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INT'SJD'DUCTIOU^
publication has seemed to the author to be animated by the finest pride of
craftsmanship, and more than this it would be difficult to say in praise of
practitioners of their exacting art. It is a matter of no little interest in
the record of present-day American presses that the completion of this
book coincides almost to a day with the conclusion by Mr. Munder and
two of his associates of thirty five years in which they have worked to-
gether in the production of works distinguished alike for beauty and
typographical excellence.
If it is certain that the book could not have been written without assis-
tance from those persons and institutions which have been named, it is
equally certain that alone the author could not have hoped to publish the
results of his researches in a suitable form. Owing to the interest of Mr.
Nathan Billstein, however, this responsibility was taken from him by the
Typothetae of Baltimore, an association of master printers , the members
of which by this action proclaim their pride in the printing art and their
interest in its traditions in the State where they practice it. It is the au-
thor s hope that their confidence in his work will be justified by its use-
fulness to the book-loving world.
Lawrence C. Wroth.
The Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Baltimore, May lo, ig)22.
[ix]
CONTENTS
Chapter Tage
Introduction v
I The Nuthead Press of Jamestown, St. Mary's
AND Annapolis i
II William Bladen, Publisher, and His Printer,
Thomas Reading 17
III Thomas Reading, Public Printer .... 27
IV Evan Jones, Bookseller, and Editions of Laws
Printed in Philadelphia and London ... 39
V John Peter Zenger, Public Printer of Mary-
land 49
VI William Parks, Printer, of Maryland and Vir-
ginia 59
VII Jonas and Anne Catharine Green, Printers to
the Province 75
VIII Bacon's "Laws of Maryland" ... 95
IX The Beginning OF Printing IN Baltimore hi
X William AND Mary Katherine Goddard . . 119
Appendix: The Fabled Jesuit Press— Documents
Relating to Parks and Green . ... 147
Maryland Imprints of the Colonial Period,
1689-1776 155
Index 257
T>ESCRIPTION OF THE TLATES
Plate I, page 6
Reproduced from the only recorded copy, that in the Public Record Office, London. This
is the earliest example of the Maryland press known to be in existence. {See No. I of
Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plate II, page 20
The Brinley copy, reproduced by permission of the Maryland Historical Society, its pres-
ent owner. In the reproduction, the upper left-hand corner, including part of the letter
"N" has been restored by the engraver. This is the earliest example of the Maryland
press known to be in America. {See No. ^ of Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plate III, page 32
Page 113 of the collection of Maryland laws of 1707. Reproduced by permission of its pres-
ent owner, a descendant of its original owner, Robert Goldsborough, Esq., of "Ashby,"
Talbot County, Maryland. The volume has been deposited temporarily in the Pea-
body Library of Baltimore. {See No. 77 of Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plate IV, page 64
Reproduced from a photostat copy of the title-page taken from the copy in the Library of
Congress. {See No. ^j of Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plate V, page 66
Reproduced from the only known copy, that in the British Museum. {See No.yo Biblio-
graphical Appendix.)
Plate Ya, page 6g>
See this title in Bibliographical Appendix for the years 1727-1732, 1734. Reproduced by
permission from copy in the Maryland Historical Society.
Plate VI, page j8
Reproduced by permission from the copy in the Maryland Diocesan Library, Baltimore.
Its first owner, as the autograph and date indicate, was the Rev. Samuel Keene, rector
of St. Anne's Parish, Annapolis, 1 761-1767. The word "Propriety" in the title has been
restored for the purposes of this reproduction. {See No.2^^ of Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plate VII, page 86
Reproduced by permission from the copy in the Maryland Diocesan Library, Baltimore.
Formerly owned by the Rt. Rev.Thomas John Claggett, first bishop of Maryland. {See
No. 24.3 of Bibliographical Appendix^
Plate VIII, page g2
Reproduced by permission from the copy in the Maryland Historical Society. {See No. 2gi
of Bibliographical Appendix. )
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'DESCRIPTION OF THE "PLATES
Plate IX, page io8
Reproduced from the author's copy of the large paper edition. Its original owner, Walter
Dulany, Esq., of Annapolis, one of the underwriters of the publication, presented this
copy to Messrs. Capel & Osgood Hanbury, London merchants in the Maryland trade.
{See No. 254 of Bibliographical Appendix.)
Plates Xa and X^, page 218
These headings of the second Maryland Gazette are reproduced to supplement the verbal
descriptions given under this title for the years 1762-1776. Reproduced by permission
from copies in the Maryland Historical Society. The typical heading of the earlier issues,
beginning with 1745, is shown facing page 24, vol. 2, of J. Thomas Scharf's History of
Maryland, in the form of a reproduction of the first issue of this newspaper.
Plates Xla and XI^, page 240
Headings of Goddard's Maryland Journal, begun 1773, and Dunlap's Maryland Gazette,
begun 1775. Reproduced by permission from copies in the Maryland Historical Society.
[xiv]
^ HISTORY o/PRINTING
in COLONIAL MARYLAND
1686-1776
CHAPTER ONE
The Nuthead 'Press of Jamestown, St. zMary's and ^Annapolis—
William Nuthead, the Inaugurator ofPrinting in Virginia
and n«//w^has divulged
them, . . . God keep us from both !'"
It is plainly to be perceived from this declaration that there existed small
chance for the establishment of a press in Virginia under the Berkeley regime,
but Sir William's long governorship came to an end eventually, and in the
year 1682, during the administration of Lord Culpeper, Mr. John Buckner,''
a merchant of Gloucester County, brought in a press and a printer and set
up at Jamestown the second printing establishment of English America.
Begun auspiciously enough, what seems to have been the first venture of
this partnership met with such ill favor from the authorities as to discour-
age further attempts at printing in Virginia for many years. The action of
the Virginia Council on hearing that Buckner's press was preparing to issue
certain session laws is told in the following record:'
Att a Councell held att James Citty February 21 : 1682/3. . . .
Mr. John Buckner being by his Excellency Thomas Lord Culpeper ordered to appear
'Hening, W. W., Statutes at Large ...of Virginia, 1: J17.
^ John Buckner, Gent., the ancestor of a numerous family in the United States, patented 1,000 acres of land
in Gloucester County in 1 669, and became a merchant with wide connections in Maryland and Virginia. Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography, i : 406, and fVilliam and Mary College Quarterly, 7 : 9, 10 and i : .
'Public Record OiEce: C. O. 5. vol. 51, No. 42, 1683, Jan.-May. See Cal. State Papers, Col. Ser. A. & W. I.,
1681-168S, p. 390, No. 961.
[I]
zA History of Printing in Qolonial 'i^^aryland
this day before him & the Councel to answer for his presumption, in printing the acts of
Assembly made in James Citty in November 1682, and several other papers, without
lycence, acquainted this board, that he had several times commanded the Printer not to
let any thing whatever passe his presse, before he had obtained his Excellencies lycence,
and that noe acts of assembly are yet printed, only two sheetes, wch were designed to be
presented to his Excellency for his approbation of the print: This board having seriously
considered, what the said Mr. John Buckner has said, in his defence, are well satisfied there-
with, but for prevention of all troubles and inconveniences, that may be occasioned thorow
the Uberty of a presse, doe hereby order that Mr. John Buckner and William Nulhead
(sic) the Printer enter into bond of one hundred pounds sterling with good security, that
from and after the date hereof, nothing be printed by either of them, or any others for them,
of what nature soever, in the aforesaid presse or any other in this Colony, untill the signifi-
cation of his Maj'ties pleasure shall be known therein, which his Excellency hath promised
to acquaint his Majesty with. Nicho: Spencer, Secr'ty.
Several months later, on September 29, 1683, this order of the Virginia
Council was read before the Lords of Trade in England, and it was by
them decided that the new governor, Lord Francis Howard of Effingham,
should pursue a policy of absolute prohibition in regard to printing in his
government. On December 14, 1683, they approved the King's letters of
instruction to Howard, in which his Majesty had written,
"And whereas We have taken notice of the inconvenience that may arise by the Liberty
of Printing in that Our Colony, you are to provide by all necessary orders and Directions
that no person be permitted to use any press for printing upon any occasion whatsoever."*
Seven years later this restriction was modified to accord with the usual
form of conditional prohibition under which the press operated in other
colonies. In his instructions of October 9, 1690, Howard was told that "No
printer's press is to be used without the Governor's leave first obtained,"^
but even then, after it had been put on the same footing of suflFerance as
it stood upon in the northern colonies, the press in Virginia didnotrevive
as might have been expected.' It was not until the coming of William Parks
to Williamsburg in the year 1730 that printing became an established fea-
ture of life in the oldest of the American colonies, although as has been shown,
it had been practised there for a short period nearly half a century before
this time.^
' Cal. State Papers, Col. Series, A. 6f W. I., 1681-1685, Nos. 1426 and 1428; new number in P. R. O. is C. O.
389/8, pp. 267-272. Colonial Entry Book. Plantations General, 1679-1684.
* Cal. State Papers, /68g-i6g2, No. 1099.
' The lethargy of Virginia in regard to printing during the ensuing forty years is not easily accounted for. In
Maryland, during the same period, as the narrative will bring out, various presses existed and were patronized by
the government, and in Pennsylvania in spite of the disapproval of William Penn {Minutes of Provincial Council
of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1852, i: 278), the press throve from its first establishment.
* A single Williamsburg imprint of the year 1702, with printer's name given as "Fr. Maggot," has been re-
corded. It is generally supposed that this imprint is false. As far as the author knows, it has never been made the
subject of an extended investigation. Evans No. 1057.
[2]
The Nuthead Press • William and T>inah Nuthead
The foregoing incidents in the history of the neighboring colony are re-
lated here for the reason that they have a direct bearing upon the story of
the press in Maryland, and in particular upon the life of the first Mary-
land printer. It seems clear that the orders which Howard brought with
him to Virginia effectually put an end to the venture of John Buckner and
William Nuthead. To Buckner, the merchant and planter, the failure of the
press meant only disappointment and vexation; to Nuthead, the printer, it
meant ruin. Under circumstances so distressing as this, it has been the im-
memorial custom for the Virginian to move to Maryland, and Nuthead,
not long after his press had been stopped, packed his equipment and betook
himself to the traditional place of refuge. In Lord Baltimore's province, he
lived and worked at his vocation from 1686, or earlier, until his death in
the year 1695.1
"William Nuthead of St. Marys Citty Printer"
The decade from 1685 to 1695 is less well known than almost any other
period of Maryland history, for the reason that the documentary record
for these years contains many lamentable gaps. During the Protestant
Revolution of 1689, and for two years thereafter, the records were kept
either badly or not at all, and in the removal of the capital from St. Mary's to
Annapolis in the year 1694 many of the precious documents of earlier years
were damaged, while of those which remained intact a number of impor-
tant volumes were consumed by the fire which destroyed the State House
in the year 1704. On account of these several losses, it is not possible to tell
the story even of the principal events of the period in satisfactory detail,
much less to relate consecutively the history of an individual citizen of the
Province in those troublous years. In the documents which have survived
accident and neglect, however, there remain a sufficient number of refer-
ences to one William Nuthead of St. Mary's to enable the investigator to
delineate in outline his life in Maryland, and to claim for him the distinc-
tion of having established and operated the first Maryland press. The exist-
ence of his or of any other printing office in seventeenth-century Maryland
has been questioned, but it is believed that the evidence which will now
be adduced establishes beyond doubt the fact that the press of William
Nuthead was in more or less regular operation at St. Mary's during the
years from 1686 to 1695.
The first recorded evidence of the presence of a printer in Maryland
occurs in an act of Assembly for October 1686, in which provision was
' For a brief statement of Nuthead's venture in Virginia, see Bruce, P. A., Institutional History of Virginia in
the lyth Century. i v. N. Y., 1910, i: 402 and 403.
[3}
cy^ History of Printing in Qolonial^M^aryland
made for the "Payment and Assessmt of the Publiqe Charge of this Prov-
ince." Therein, among many others, is found this item, "To Wm. Nutt-
head Printer five Thousand five Hundred and fifty pounds of Tobaccoe."'
In view of his earlier history in Virginia, and of his later history in Mary-
land, the simple and natural assumption in reading the item which has
been quoted is that when the Province paid William Nuthead for services
rendered, and designated his trade in the act of payment, those services
had been performed in the practise of the trade therein specified.
In the following month, November 1 686,"William Nuthead of St. Marys
Citty Printer" took up three hundred acres of land, known thereafter as
"Nutheads Choice,"lying in Talbot County and"to beholden of the Man-
ner of Baltemore." The annual quit rent for the property was named as
twelve shillings sterling, but the conditions under which the warrant had
been granted were not specified in the certificate of survey. A short six
months after the date of his warrant, on April 4, 1687, for a sufficient sum,
the amount of which was not disclosed, "William Nuthead of St. Marys
Citty Printer" sold or made perpetual assignment of his plantation in Tal-
bot to one Edward Fisher, and with its sale "Nutheads Choice," together
with its new owner, becomes of no further interest in this narrative.''
The First Recorded Issue of the Maryland Press,
The "Protestant Declaration" of 1689
William Nuthead's earliest printing activities have not been kept in re-
membrance. In spite of the fact that he was a resident of St. Mary's City
and in the pay of the Provincial government certainly as early as 1686, it
is necessary to pass over the ensuing three years to the riotous days of the
"Protestant Revolution" before there is found an issue of his press which
has been recorded by name. The circumstances out of which arose the pub-
lication in question give it a singular interest in Maryland political history.
After overturning the Proprietary government in July 1689, Colonel John
Coode and seven others of the leaders of the Revolution drew up a manifesto
entitled "The Declaration of the Reasons and Motives for the Present Ap-
pearing in Arms of their Majesties Protestant Subjects in the Province of
^Archives of Maryland, 13: 131. The assumption will be permitted that William Nulhead, a printer, compelled
to forego his trade in Virginia in the year 1683, and William Nulhead, a printer in the pay of the Maryland gov-
ernment in 1686, were one and the same individual. Whether the assumption be allowed, however, is of compara-
tively small importance in the ensuing relation of the activities of William Nuthead, the first Maryland printer.
It should be said too, that although he is variously known as Nulhead, Nuthead, Nutthead and Nothead, his
name certainly was not "Roughead" as It is given in the number of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biogra-
phy previously referred to.
'Land Records, Liber 22, folio 295, ms. in Land Office, Annapolis, Md. The parcel of land described lay in what
is now Caroline County, then a part of Talbot.
[4]
The Nuthead Press • William and T)inah Nuthead
Maryland,"' signed it as of July 25, 1689, and transmitted the original or
a manuscript copy of it to London for the information of the King in whose
name and interest their subversion of the government had been undertaken.
A perusal of the document makes clear the fact that it was intended not
only as a justification of their proceedings in the eyes of King and Council,
but even more as a means of explaining their usurpation and gaining sup-
port for it from the people of Maryland.
To make effective their purpose of gaining adherents it is evident that a
wide local distribution of the "Declaration" would have been regarded as
desirable by the Associators, and nothing could have been more natural than
that they should have turned to the printer who was established in the vil-
lage where they had ensconced themselves and demanded his services in
the interests of their propaganda. This much is assumption. No copy re-
mains of the "Declaration" as printed by WiUiam Nuthead of St. Mary's
City to demonstrate that the Associators pursued the course which has been
suggested, but that such an edition of it was actually published is rendered
almost certain by the circumstance that later in the year 1 689, one Randal
Taylor, a London publisher, issued an edition of the Maryland "Declara-
tion"'' which bore as its colophon the following succinct statement : "Mary-
land, Printed by William Nuthead at the City of St. Maries. Re-printed in
London, and sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers Hall, 1689." While it
is true that frequently through the ages books have been issued bearing
false or misleading imprints, there has never been adduced a reason for be-
lieving that the London edition of the Maryland "Declaration" belongs in
that category. William Nuthead was an actual person living in St. Mary's
City in the year 1689, and in the same year a London publisher declared in
a work licensed by an authorized official that this William Nuthead had
printed the original edition of the work in question. It is axiomatic that the
statement of an imprint is to be accepted as true unlessreasons can be urged
for believing it to be false; otherwise imprints would possess no significance,
and long ago would have fallen into disuse.
Formerly the claim that Maryland printing began in the year 1689 was
not allowed because no Maryland printed copy of the "Protestant Decla-
ration" could be produced as evidence in support of it, and although even
' Original signed document in Public Record Office, London. See Cal. State Papers, A. (3 W. I., i68g-i6g2. No.
290. Copy of original published in Archives of Maryland, 8: loi.
^ The full title of the "Protestant Declaration," as printed by Randolph Taylor in London is as follows: The Dec-
laration of the Reasons and Motives for the Present Appearing in Arms of their Majesties Protestant Subjects
in the Province of Maryland. Licens'd, November 28, 1689. J. F. [Colophon:] Maryland, Printed by William
Nuthead at the City of St. Maries. Re-printed in London, and sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers Hall, 1689.
For additional facts concerning it, see under the above title in the bibliographical appendix.
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THE
ADDRESS
Of ihe Reprefentatives of their \fajeftyes frat/flent
S«iWli, in the Provinnce of Mary-Land Aflembled.
7» lie Kjiigi mojt Excellent Mai ///.
Whereas we are t with all huinili:yi fully aflured that the bene*
fit -of your Maicdycs glorious underiakeings and blcflcj iac-
ce/s, for the Prorcdant (Z^eligion, and civil tights and libertyes of your
Subi your Maieftyes PtoMnce of Maryland, Jnvaded and undermined,
by our late Pupiih Govetnours their /^genis and Complices.
Wee ybnrM.icflyer moll dutyful and loyal Sublets of this Province,
bc'ing iflVcmbled, as the Reprefcntative body of the lame, doe humbly
pray youi' A/aiellyesgraiioi-.sconnderation, of the great Crevances and
tipprelhuni, wieliavclonglaicn under, lately rrprefented lo yourjltfa-
■cflv, and directed to your Maicdyes principal Secretaryes of State, ia ft
ceriaine Jjeclamim from the Cbmanders, Officers and Ciiiilcmea Inely
in /Irmei for your Maiellycs Seivice and the Dctcnce oi the Piotelt^c
Relis^'on.
f\'nS that your Maicdyivouldbegracloullypleafdinfuchwayes and
nieti eds as co your frincely wifdom (liall fceme mect,(0 appoint llich x
deliverance to your Sultcring Fcoplc, whereby for the future our lie-
Imon Ki'^fcuand Ubtrlyti may bebecurd, under a TroteJlMt CoVemmcm,
by your Mairlljcs gracious dirc£iion Elpecially to be appointed-- We
will wayte with all becon.eing Duty and Loyalty your Maieftyes Pica,
fun herein ; And will in the mean time, to the hatard of our lives and
Fortunes Pcrfncrf, and coiitiniK to vindicate and defend jour Maicftyes
Rioht and SoVeraigue Vominm o\er this Province, the Proteftani Rcligi-
inah Nuthead
of hand, and that this Deponent did promiss to finish the same by Twelve of the Clock the
next day if in case this Depont had the assistance of a Joyner, which said Joyner did the
Wooden Worke and was paid for the same in Money; afterwards the said Coll Darnall &
Mr. Richard Smith came again to this Deponts house and Required him to perform his
promiss, to which this Depont made Answer that the Press & Letters were none of his and
therefore could not complye therewith without Order, and that the said Coll Darnall & Mr.
Smith were pressing & Urgent for this Deponts printing the said Warrants, but this Depon-
ent did not print the same and further saith not. . . .
Whereupon it was Ordered by advice in Councill, that the Printer hereafter presume to
print noething but blank bills & Bonds, without leave from his Exncy or the further Order
of this Board."'
It is not perfectly clear what Nuthead meant by his disclaimer of owner-
ship of the "press and letters," unless it be that he intended to convey to
his importunate clients the idea that his equipment was theoretically the
property of the government as long as he continued to use it under a gov-
ernment license. Later it will be brought out that, unlike many of the colo-
nial pioneers of typography, he was the actual owner of his press, and that
at his death it passed as personal property into the possession of his widow.
The importance of his deposition, however, lies not in any question of the
ownership of the press, but in the testimony which it bears to the fact that
there was in Maryland in 1693 a printing press in such customary use that
demands might be made upon it for work "to be done immediately out of
hand," and that such service under normal circumstances might be ren-
dered.
In April of this year 1693, William Nuthead and two others were named
in a warrant which directed them to search the lodging room and closet of
Sir Thomas Lawrence for certain papers which they were ordered to seize,
seal in a bag and bring straightway to the Governor for perusal. In so far
as the record indicates, the issue involved had nothing to do with the story
of Nuthead's life as a printer; it is likely that he was named for this duty
simply because of a probable familiarity with the papers which the Gover-
nor wished to examine. Doubtless our printer man was thankful that he
was not the person designated to make the search of the baronet's pockets
which was ordered at the same time.^ In October of the year 1694, William
Nuthead was one of the signers of the petition addressed to the Governor
by the citizens of St. Mary's, protesting against the removal of the capital
from its ancient site to the settlement on the Severn which later was to be
known asAnnapolis.' In the actof the September session of i694for paying
' Council Proceedings, October 14, 1693, Archives of Maryland, so: 23 and 34.
' Council Proceedings, April 8, 16^3, Archives of Maryland, 8: 501.
'U. H. J., October 13, 1694, Archives of Maryland, 19: 75.
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inahNuthead
well provided with money, she yet made plans to carry on a business in
which some knowledge of letters and a certain amount of capital is usually
regarded as indispensable. She was shrewd enough to realize, however, that
if she were successful in finding a journeyman printer to conduct her es-
tablishment, the possession of that rare article, a printing press, would
surely provide a decent maintenance for herself and her two children. Boldly
she made the venture.
On May 5, 1 696, more than a year after her husband's death, "Dinah Nut-
head's Petition for License to Print was read and referred to the House that
if they have nothing to Object her Paper might be Granted provided she
give Security for the same."' Eight days later her petition was read to the
delegates, and the House expressed its willingness that she should have
leave to print if his Excellency pleased.'' Evidently the Governor oflFered no
objection, for on the next day the persons described as "Dinah Nuthead of
Ann Arundell County Widow, Robert Carvile and William Taylard of St.
Maries County Gentn" gave bond to the Governor to the amount of one
hundred pounds lawful money of England for the good behavior of Dinah
Nuthead in the operation of her press. The instrument continues as follows:
"Now the Condition of this Obligation is such that if the said Dinah Nuthead shall exer-
cise and Imploy her printing press and letters to noe other use than for the printing of blank
bills bonds writts warrants of Attorney Letters of Admrcon and other like blanks as above-
sd nor Suffer any other person to make use thereof any otherwise than aforesd Unless by
a particular Lycense from his Exncy the Governor first had and obtained And further shall
save harmless and indempnifye his sd Exncy the Governor from any Damage that may
hereafter Ensue by the said Dinah Nuthead misapplying or Suffering to be misapplyed the
aforesd Printing press or letters otherwise than to the true intent & meaning before ex-
pressed. Then this Obligation to be Voyd or else to Remain in full force and Virtue."'
This fearsome instrument for the protection of the Province against the
evils of indiscriminate printing was signed by certain witnesses, by the two
bondsmen and by the principal, who, as one observes, was compelled to
make her mark instead of signing her name to the document, a disability
under which she labored to the end of her days. Clearly Dinah Nuthead
herself could not have intended to act as the compositor in the establish-
ment which she had brought up from St. Mary's to the new seat of govern-
ment at Annapolis.
For how long a period Dinah operated her "press and letters" in Annap-
olis, it has been impossible to determine. No imprints bearing her name have
been recorded, but it is quite possible that in addition to the blank forms
'U. H. J., May 5, 1696, Archives 0} Maryland, 19: 306.
^L. H. J., May 13, i6g6, Archives of Maryland, 19: 370.
'Council Proceedings, May 14, 1696, Archives of Maryland, 20: 449.
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zA History of Printing in (Colonial ^^xCary land
which comprised a large part of the printing output of the day and place,
there issued from her press a sermon by the Reverend Peregrine Coney, a
clergyman whose discourses seem to have met with the approval of the dele-
gates on the several occasions of their delivery. It has been seen that dur-
ing the life of William Nuthead, this reverend gentleman had been requested
to have printed a fast-day sermon, delivered by him before the Assembly.
Again on May 13, 1695, in the interval between William's death and the
re-establishment of the press by Dinah, Mr. Coney was returned thanks by
the House for his fast-day sermon,^ but doubtless for the reason that there
was no press in operation in Maryland at that time, he was not asked to
have his discourse printed. One year later, however, three days after Dinah
had petitioned for leave to print, the Upper House ordered that "Mr. Couey
{sic) be desired to Print his Sermon preached yesterday,"^ an action which
was concurred in by the delegates on the following day. The discovery of a
copy of this sermon or of any other imprint from Dinah Nuthead's press
would be an event of importance in American typographical history, inas-
much as it would constitute the first known American imprint from a press
conducted by a woman.
No further references to Dinah Nuthead's activities are to be found in
the Assembly proceedings, a circumstance from which one must conclude
that the Nuthead press of Annapolis had ceased operations or even had
been removed from the Province. It may be that Dinah had employed her
press for other purposes than those described in the bond, with the result
that she had been prohibited its use; or it may be that, illiterate herself, she
had been unable to procure for the conduct of her establishment that rare
bird in the colonies, a journeyman printer, and in consequence had been
compelled to give over entirely her venture into a difficult and uncertain
business. The probability that it was just at this time, however, that she
married a second husband must not be overlooked in seeking for the cause
of her withdrawal from the business of printing.
The date of Dinah Nuthead's second marriage is uncertain, but some-
time before the month of December 1700, she married one Manus Devoran
of Anne Arundel County, who dying in this month left his personalty to
his daughter Catherine, and to his children-in-law, that is his step-children,
William and Susan Nuthead.' His wife and executrix submitted her account
' L. H. J., May 13, 1695, Archives of Maryland, 19: 178, where date is incorrectly given as i8th.
^U. H. J., May 8, 1696, Archives of Maryland, 19: 313, 316 and 362. This sermon also is recorded in Ethan
Allen's Ms. List of Works by Maryland Clergymen, in the Maryland Diocesan Library, but Dr. Allen had seen no
copy.
' Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1: 210.
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"The Nuthead Press • William and Dinah Nuthead
under the name of Dinah Devoran.' In later years Dinah married again.
Her third husband was "Sebastian Oley of Annarund'l County a German
bornj" as he was described in an act of naturalization of 1702.
In spite of the fact that this woman whom we knew first as Dinah Nut-
head was unable to sign her name, she seems to have made her way to a
position of respect in the community. WilliamTaylard, a man of some promi-
nence in the Province, had sufficient confidence in her character and ability
to act as bondsman for her behavior and later to accept the guardianship
of her children;' but as even more striking evidence of her worth is to be
remembered the fact that in a day when women were few in public life, she
had been able to secure from the Governor and Assembly of Maryland per-
mission to operate a printing press in the service of the Province. As far as
is known she was the first woman in English America to conduct or to at-
tempt to conduct a printing establishment, the forerunner in this trade of
Anne Catharine Green, Sarah Updike, Clementina Rind and Mary God-
dardjwho nearly a century later in Maryland and elsewhere carried on such
establishments with notable success. It is a matter for regret that no more
was heard of Dinah Nuthead's printing activities after the recording of her
bond for good behavior in the conduct of her press.
A Summary of the Evidence for a Seventeenth-Century
Press in Maryland
In the foregoing pages of this chapter there has been set forth evidence,
in such amount as it has been possible to collect, with the object of demon-
strating the seventeenth-century origin of printing in Maryland. An exam-
ination shows that the following facts have been brought out by this evi-
dence; namely, that from 1686 to 1695 there lived in St. Mary's City, the
old capital of the Province, one William Nuthead, who was several times
designated as "Printer" in contemporary documents; that as early as 1686,
"William Nutthead, Printer," was in the pay of the government; that after
his death, a printing press and a font of letters were listed in the inventory
of this Nuthead's personalty; that in the colophon of an important Mary-
land political pamphlet, printed in London in 1689, William Nuthead of
St. Mary's was specifically named as its original printer; that there exists
'■Inventories and Accounts, 21: 190. March, 1701. Ms. in Land Office, Annapolis.
* Deeds, Anne Arundel County, Liber W. T. No. 2, p. 684. Ms. in Court House, Annapolis. Indenture between
Dinah Oely (jOf>th chat chej«hailma&
t»ery Wicked and TreaionaWe Confpiraiy began & can7'd on by SieharJ CUrtvT
Jmi.^nir^i County and hts Accsmplicea, to fsae upoo the Magazine, and his EjKcJlsa y
ihc Gsvernour, aa.1 ovctiarn her Majeltys Govctament and to bring ihe Heatbea Indians tO>
gather with the Confpirron to cue oH and extirpate h« inhabitants of this Proviiice ; aod foc<
afinich as the fiti tM flies horn Jufiice and dares nor venture himreirupon a laii Tryat,
Be it therefore Enacted by die C^ceos moiV Excellenc Majefty by and with (he Advic^.anj'
Cenfcnt of her Majeltys Govetnoui' Goancil inA AOetnVy of this Province and theftuthority
of the fame, that unlefs the &id RjcharJChrt do within tVireniy Days after the End 9f ihis pic
(cncSdSonof ASmdlyfutrcnder himfelf to his Excellency tha.Goremour, oMo anyone*^
hsr Majellys honourable Council inordertobetryedlbrhisTreafonafoze^id, chactbantha
faid Richtril CUft by Force and Veitue of this A& ihall be Ouclaired, and thall farfeic hi>
Coods and Chattels Lands and Tenemcuti as an Outlawed Ptdao, an^r waoc oT CVoceb wli-
ny other kgaj Ptoccediii^ in ao^ wifa aMwiUifUailiii^
f I It t S.
TheRfaderTs heiAy defireJeo Hike Notice chat In th< ASemMyntidt Jtm^ itoK die
Pages are Folio'd i r j fifr. hyteafon the Lavta made thifSe lions were ordered to be fiiit
Printed fo that ihey coald not be truly alcaicained, and inftcad thereof add 80 81 8a (St. e>
ihnwiie the Index wUi be EtUe.
Thcfe are to give Notice to a|l Genttemen (Se. that an any ways Interelled in ptifate AAs
orAffembly, ihai they may have them pnnted at Inrge : And may Uwwifebe furni'hed with
blank Bills, Bonds, Wricrs Ri'lsof Exchange, Bills of Lading, AdminiDracioa Bonds, TcTia-
meiitary Biondi. tjiier s of Adminifiration, Letcets Teftamcntacy, Warrants for Appraifcti
tSc. with any ether Matters pilaced at cea&aablt Races by liteui &t4dii^lma% luUid
Town and Pott of /l«iu/e/rn
Plate III. Seepage xiii.
Thomas Reading and the Issues of his Press
should not be ascribed to the Annapolis press of Thomas Reading, an issue
of the year 1707, and it will be so entered with a full description in the bib-
liographical appendix to this narrative.
The Beginning of the Printed Session Laws
Throughout the years that followed Reading's appointment to the office
of public printer in 1704, there are to be found in the journals of the Lower
House several significant references to his printing activities. It has been
said generally, even by persons familiar with Maryland historical bibliog-
raphy, that the printing of the session laws of the Province began with
Parks in the year 1726, but to indicate the incompleteness of the current
knowledge on this subject, one need point only to the copies of Maryland
session laws for the year 1719,' printed by Andrew Bradford of Philadel-
phia, which are preserved in the Library of Congress and in the Peabody
Library of Baltimore. The truth is, indeed, that the printing of session laws
began in Maryland more than a decade before even this isolated number of
the series issued from the Pennsylvania press.
It has been shown earlier in this chapter that in the resolution by which
the House had recognized Reading as public printer, specific mention had
been made of his obligation "to print all laws and other publlq matters."''
That this was not a form of words, that in accordance with the intention of
the Assembly, Reading began at this session to print the laws then enacted,
is believed to be indicated by the several entries which are now to be cited
from the Lower Housejournal,and by the bibliographical testimony which
will be adduced as a complement to that evidence.
In the year 1706, when Reading petitioned for permission to print the
body of laws and asked for the settlement of an annual salary upon him
for the printing of "all publick Matters as Speeches, Answers, Votes &
Proclamations &c.," the House resolved upon a rate of payment to be made
him "for what other Acts" should be "passed in any future Assemblys,"
and ordered that he be "allowed for the same in Proportion to the present
Body of the Laws."' In the following year, April 15, 1707, it was "Resolved
That all the Laws Enacted this Session be printed pursuant to a former
Order of the House. And the Printer to be allowed for the same according
as before contracted for."^ Finally in the petition which Reading presented
to the Assembly in the year 1709, and in the action taken upon it by the
* See following chapter and bibliographical appendix.
^L. H. J., September 11, i-jo^, Archives of Maryland, 16: 129.
' L. H. J., April 8, 1706, Archives of Maryland, 26: 577.
*L. H. J.,April I J, I'jcyj, Archives of Maryland, Tj: 128 (improperly headed April 13).
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Plate V. Seepage xiii.
William Parks, Public Printer ofzMaryland and Virginia
School, Annapolis, was the first distinctly literary production of the Mary-
land press, and although it has this interest of priority in Maryland literary
bibliography, yet its subject matter is of small concern to modern readers.
It must have been indeed, even at the time of its translation, that its mag-
niloquence was related only distantly to the interests of the Maryland peo-
ple.* After its publication Lewis remained in Maryland for some years, during
which he continued, through the medium of the Parks press, to display his
respectable talent for poetical expression. One of his most praiseworthy
effusions was an ode, entitled "Carmen Seculare," in which, in well-turned
lines, packed with a description ofMaryland andan abstract of its history,^
he welcomed Charles Lord Baltimore on the occasion of that dignitary's
visit to the Province in the year 1732. A very minor poet indeed, Richard
Lewis isyetnot a figure to be despised as the founderof a literary tradition.
Of greater importance perhaps than the work of the elegant and conven-
tional Lewis was the satirical verse of Ebenezer Cooke, Gent., who pub-
lished in London in the year 1708 a poem entitled The Sot-Weed Factor; or
a Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr. . . .In Burlesque Ferse.^ No details remain
by which may be identified this cruel satirist, who came out to Maryland,
he tells us, as a tobacco, or "Sot-Weed" factor, and who, as distaste for the
crude life of the country mingled with his grievances against its inhabi-
tants, wrote in atrabiliar fluid a poem in which the wit was almost obscured
by the bitterness and scurrility which appeared in every line. The picture
of men and manners which he presented in T/ie Sot-Weed Factor was colored
by his mood, but so patently correct are its background and drawing that
the student of Maryland social history must always turn to the contem-
plation of it as an important element in his studies.
With the passing of the years, Cooke's spleen subsided. In the year 1730,
there was written by "E. C. Gent.," and printed by William Parks, a satire.
The Sotweed Redivivus, in which there was less wit than was apparent
in the earlier work, and less scurrility, and in which bitterness was sup-
planted by a spirit of constructive criticism of local politics and trade. That
at this time, however, Cooke was not in any sense repentant of his earlier
and more vindictive criticism of the Province, appears from the fact that
in 1 73 1 he republished The Sot-Weed Factor in a volume entitled The Mary-
' In referring to it in his Diary, Hearne noted under date of August 7, 1732, '"Twas printed at Annapolis that
year and is one of the first things ever printed in that Country." In The Remains of Thomas Hearne, Bliss ed.
London, 1869, 3: 90.
^ A large portion of this ode was reprinted in American Museum for 1789, 6: 413, under title of "A Descrip-
tion of Maryland." For an account of the original edition, see bibliographical appendix of the present work.
' See Maryland Historical Society Fund Pub. No. 36, Early Maryland Poetry, edited by Bernard C. Steiner.
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Plate VII. Seepage xiii.
"Jonas Qreen, his Family and his ^Associates
son to Isaiah Thomas forty-three years later, "we had but one press, and
that having the whole business of the government, and no competitor for
public favor, nothing disagreeable to the governor could be got into it. We
procured Rind to come from Maryland to publish a free paper.''^ That Jef-
ferson had not forgotten the situation which existed in 1766 when he wrote
these words in 1 809, one learns by reference to the Maryland Gazette at this
period, wherein is to be found a bitter controversy, long extended, between
Royle the Williamsburg printer and certain Virginians who were indignant
with him for refusing to publish their attacks on the local government. In
this connection, one may refer also to the Rev. John Camm's pamphlet on
the Two-penny Act,^ printed by Green in 1763, the appendix of which con-
sists of an interchange of correspondence between Camm and Royle, the
latter giving as his reason for refusing to print the pamphlet the fact that
the gentlemen attacked in it were members of an Assembly which had not
been dissolved at the time that the "copy was submitted."
In Virginia, Rind was soon appointed public printer. He established a
newspaper called, as was the rival paper published also in Williamsburg,
The Virginia Gazette. This journal was published regularly by Rind until
his death on August 19, 1773, after which it was continued for a short time
by Clementina Rind who died within two years of her husband. Thomas
says that Clementina Rind was born in Maryland. If this be true, she is
another woman with Maryland associations to be added to the list of those
who have been referred to in this narrative as proprietors of printing estab-
lishments. One is inclined to wonder sometimes if women have been as
rigorously excluded from opportunity in the past as the apostles of feminism
would have us believe.
Thomas Sparrow, the First Maryland Engraver
It is to be wished that more could be learned of the life and training of
one of the most interesting of the individuals connected with the Green
establishment;^ namely, that Thomas Sparrow who is remembered as the
first Maryland engraver. Very little, however, is known of his life, and be-
cause of its general artistic inferiority no careful study has been made of
his work. From the antiquarian standpoint, however, both Sparrow and
his work have their interest.
' Thomas, 2d ed., 1 : 336.
^ See bibliographical appendix. Copies in Maryland Diocesan Library and New York Historical Society.
'Of still another of Green's employees, William Poultney, who several times in May 1762 advertised in the
Maryland Gazette that he bound books very neatly, only the name is known. His bindery was "at the Printing
office."
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filnUni ihcieof, cxtraOed from the PROVINCIAL BnstM.
To which u prefixed. The
CHARTER,
With an Englifi TRANSLATION.
By THOMAS BACON, Reaor of AU-Srniu FariOi in
trtderki County, and Domefiic Chaplain in Mttrylmd to
the Right Honourable FREDERICK ImcH 'Suvtmoxi.
^tiia^
A N N A P L I S>
Printed by JONAS GREEN, Printer to the Province.
MDCCLXV.
Plate IX. See page xiv.
'Bacon's Laws the Typographical ''774- (Ford ed.)
^ Ms. Division Library of Congress has a copy of this broadside.
'See references to his activity at this time in American Archives, 4th Series, 2: 537, where is given a list of
"Goddard's Post Offices" then established, and an interesting pronouncement on the subject of the "Constitu-
tional" and "unconstitutional" post offices by John Holt.
'Memorial of William Goddard in Papers of the Continental Congress, 42: III, 178. Ms. Division Library of
Congress. Printed in American Archives, 4th Series, 6: 1012.
' Memorial of Mary K. Goddard to President Washington, in Papers of the Continental Congress, Letters, 78 :
X, 617-619. Ms. in Library of Congress. See also ms. vol. of Mary Goddard's Post Office Accounts, 1786-1789,
in Maryland Historical Society.
' Journals of Continental Congress. In a Congressional debate of October 7, 177 J, it was said that a "Constitu-
tional Post is now established from New Hampshire to Georgia." The debate discloses further the fact that the
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system, the British Post Office finally gave up the struggle and withdrew
its riders from the roads on Christmas Day 1775.^
If in the recognition of his plan by Congress he was made happy, how-
ever, there is no doubt that Goddard was disappointed when Franklin was
immediately named as Postmaster General by the Congress, and Richard
Bache, his son-in-law, was appointed Secretary and Comptroller of the sys-
tem. For two years the great idea had obsessed him to the injury of his pri-
vate business — two years during which he had kept the highways hot in
his ceaseless journeyings in its interest. Now at the moment of success he
was given as a reward for his great service his choice between nothing at
all and the inferior position of Surveyor of the Post Office. However keen
his disappointment, Goddard bore it with a high heart. In a memorial to
Congress, dated June 21, 1776,^ he recited his services in the establishment
of the Constitutional Post Office, and reminded the delegates that they had
given the Postmaster General no authority to reimburse him and his friends
for their outlay of money in "establishing Postmasters, hiring Riders, and
bringing the temporary Establishment, in all its Parts, to that State where
your Officer found it, when it was resigned with all those Advantages;"
and further, that the Comptrollership and the Secretaryship having been
disposed of elsewhere, he had been compelled to content himself with the
office of Surveyor, which at the time of writing, he had held for a year at a
salary too small for decent maintenance; that the duties of this office hav-
ing been completed, and scorning to hold a sinecure, he now asked recogni-
tion of another sort by the Congress. He apprised the delegates that he
might repair his fortunes if he should ask for and receive the office of "Mus-
ter-Master-General," but he expressed disdain for that position as being,
British system was still in operation, although dying from lack of patronage. This seems sufficiently clear evi-
dence that the present United States Post Office is not the descendant of the British colonial system, but of the
Constitutional Post Office established by Goddard.
^On December 5, 1775 {American Archives^ 4th Series, 4: 184), the Constitutional Post Office at Annapolis,
William Whetcroft, postmaster, announced itself as in operation, and on December nth {American Archives,
4th Series, 4: 234 and 713), the Maryland Convention prohibited the riders of the Parliamentary Post "to travel
in or pass through this Province." On December 25th {American Archives, 4th Series, 4; 453), the British Post
Office, because of the action of the Maryland Convention and a similar action by the Philadelphia Committee
of Safety, announced the cessation of its service.
^ Papers oj the Continental Congress, 42 : III, 178. Ms. in Library of Congress. Printed, American Archives, 4th
Series, 6: 1012. In Smith, William, The History of the Post Office in British North America, 163^1870, Cambridge,
1920, p. 64, occurs a statement which may explain three things in the life of the founder of the United States Post
Office; namely, Goddard's especial animus towards Foxcroft, his failure to receive high office under Franklin when
the Constitutional Post Office was adopted by Congress, and the fact that he owed Franklin a considerable sum
of money, as the latter's will has left on record. Here is the statement, based upon a communication of Foxcroft,
joint deputy postmaster general with Franklin, to Todd, {Public Record Office, C. O. 5. vol. 135) : "Goddard had
been postmaster of Providence, and when he relinquished the office, he was a defaulter for a considerable amount.
As the loss from Goddard's defalcation fell partly upon Franklin, as joint deputy postmaster general, the latter
would be reluctant to place him a second time in a position of responsibility."
[134]
William and Three days later the Committee of Grievances of the
Lower House presented a report on his memorial in which the action of the
Whig Club was condemned as being "a manifest violation of the Consti-
tution" and "directly contrary to the Declaration of Rights."^
Feeling that its position had been misunderstood, the Whig Club now
issued a brief statement' in which one may read a willingness to let the
matter rest. Goddard, however, had tasted blood. In the latter part of
March he brought out his pamphlet. The Prowess of the Whig Club, '^ a. pub-
lication in which he dusted the salt and pepper of derisive irony over the
wounds of his opponents. Their exasperation was extreme. Goddard was
roughly haled before the Whig Club and when his sentence of banishment
had been reimposed by that body, he went once more to Annapolis and the
Legislature. Taken in hand by Samuel Chase, his cause was so conducted
that the Whig Club, summonsed from Baltimore, was forced to apologize
to the Sovereign People at the bar of the House,' and resolutions were passed
in which the offending organization was castigated and the Governor was
requested to afford Goddard protection against "all violence or injury to
his person or property."^
Rendered secure in his person and justified in his actions by the highest
authority in the state, Goddard returned to Baltimore where he lived un-
molested until his next and more serious offense against a sensitive public,
when once again he vindicated the right of the press to a free expression of
opinion.
Goddard and the "Queries" of General Charles Lee
On June 8, 1779, there was published in the Maryland Journal an an-
nouncement to the effect that William Goddard and Colonel Eleazer Oswald'
had formed a partnership for the prosecution of a printing, bookselling and
1 v. & p., Lower House, March 7, 1777.
2 V. & P., Lower House, March 10, 1777.
' Reprinted by Goddard in The Prowess of the Whig Club.
* The Prowess of the fFhig Club, and the Manoeuvres of Legion. Baltimore: Printed for the Author, 1777, 24 pp.
' Letter of Benj. Galloway, Red Book, 3:45. (The Red Books are a series of volumes of ms. in the Maryland His-
torical Society which, with unclassified contents, have received this designation from the color of their bindings.).
'V. & P., Lower House, April 11, 1777. For other details of this affair, see letters and papers Nos. 38 to 45 in
Rid Book No. 3, ms. in Maryland Historical Society; Goddard's Memorial to Continental Congress in Papers of
ihe Continental Congress, 41: HI, 385, dated May 6, 1777, Ms. Division Library of Congress; Goddard's The
Prowess of the Whig Club and his broadside dated March 25, 1777, addressed to David Rusk, Ms. Division Li-
Lrary of Congress; Scharf's Chronicles of Baltimore.
'Eleazer Oswald born in 1755, had come to America in 1770, gone into business with John Holt, married
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iA History of Printing in Qolonial (Maryland
stationery business in Baltimore, which was to be conducted neither in op-
position to nor in conjunction with Mary K. Goddard. It was not so stated
in the advertisement, but one acquires the impression from reading it that
Miss Goddard was to retain the newspaper, while the new firm should take
over the job work and bookselling of the old establishment. It is certain
that Goddard and Oswald took over theElkridge paper mill, in which Mary
Goddard had been interested for some time past.*
Goddard and Oswald had been brought together doubtless through their
possession of a common friend in the person of John Holt, the former em-
ployer of the one and the father-in-law of the other. One understands also
the tie between Oswald and his unfortunate military leader. General Charles
Lee, but when and where had been formed an intimacy between Lee and
Goddard has never been made clear. It is known, however, that when he
had left the armyin indignation at the result of Lee's court-martial, Oswald
had come straightway to Baltimore and attached himself to one in whom
he probably knew that he should find a doughty supporter of his old General.
Cashiered for his conduct at Monmouth, Lee was now preparing to vin-
dicate his reputation, and in the process, to blacken the character and at-
tainments of Washington. In his need for a medium of publicity, he turned
first of all to his friend Goddard, unaware it seems that assistance to his
cause from that personage had been rendered doubly sure by the recently
formed partnership between the Baltimore printer and his other friend and
partisan Colonel Eleazer Oswald. On June 9, 1779, he wrote to Goddard^
asking him to publish an article entitled "Some Queries, Political and Mil-
itary, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of the Public." Goddard was
quick to consent. The ill-natured piece appeared in the Maryland "Journal
on July 6, 1779, and once more, following its publication, Goddard had the
Holt's daughter, entered the Continental Army, and become one of the favorite officers of Gen. Charles Lee. He
distinguished himself in several campaigns, and was promoted to Colonel. Indignantly he resigned from the army
when Charles Lee was court-martialed and now at the age of twenty-four was in business in Baltimore with God-
dard. Afterwards he became a printer of Philadelphia and still later led a romantic, soldier-of-fortune career. He
fought several duels. Died in New York on September 30, 1795. For a very interesting account of his early life
and army career see a letter from John Holt to Samuel Adams in "John Holt, Printer and Postmaster," by V. H.
Paltsits in Bulletin of New York Public Library, v. 24, No. g, pp. 483-499; also Scharf and Westcott, History of
Philadelphia, note, i : 425.
^ On May 25, 1776, the Convention had granted James Dorsett four hundred pounds common money for the
estabUshment of a mill at which was to be made paper "as cheap as the same can or shall be sold at any mill in
the Province of Pennsylvania." It was probably this mill which Mary Goddard had been fostering in the columns
of the Maryland Journal for some years past, and the operation of which Goddard and Oswald now undertook.
As early as November 8, 1775, Miss Goddard had advertised in the Maryland Journal that she would pay cash
for linen rags for the paper mill now erecting near this town, that is, Baltimore.
^ Contemporary copies of the letters from Lee to Goddard are in the Red Book, 3: 43, in the Maryland His-
torical Society. Lee concludes one letter with these words: "You have and ought to have the first reputation for
impartiality as a printer on the Continent."
[138]
William andliotheca Scriptorum Societatisjesu, 1643; and
Nathaniel Southwell's edition of the same work, Rome, 1676, in all of which
the titles of Father White's Maryland writings are given, but no mention
is made of any of them being in printed form. Certainly one of these writers,
if the catechism had been a printed work, would have given such biblio-
graphical details as place and date of publication, etc. In opposition to this
strong negative evidence exists Scharf's statement alone, unsupported by
any reference as to when or where Father McSherry had said that the cate-
chism was in printed form. Finally, even if one accepts Scharf's statement
to the extent of believing that Father McSherry saw a printed catechism in
the tongue of the Maryland Indians, there is yet no evidence that it had been
printed in Maryland. If printed at all, the probability is that it was printed
on the continent of Europe.
The habit which Colonel Scharf had of jumping to his conclusions is well
illustrated by his relation of the story of a later press {circa 1660), based
upon an "act for the publication of all the laws within this Province," passed
in the Assembly of 1660. He assumes that the word "publication" as used
here meant printed publication. Mr. James Walter Thomas has pointed out
{Chronicles of Colonial Maryland, id ed.,p. 58) that if Scharf had read more
than the title of this act, he would have seen immediately that publication
by voice proclamation was specifically prescribed.
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The "Jesuit Press • 'Documents Relating to Parks and Green
Not the least particle of evidence exists to indicate the possession of a
press by the Jesuits before 1655, or by the Province in 1660. Scharf's claims
in this matter were dictated by his sentiment of intense local pride, or as
has been said, by his misunderstanding of the nature of Father McSherry's
discoveries in the Professed House. An uncritical person, such as he was,
hearing of Father White's "Catechism" having been discovered in Rome,
would be likely to assume that a printed catechism was meant. Even if such
an assumption in this case had been correct, there would still exist no evi-
dence that the "Catechism" had been printed at St. Mary's in Maryland.
It would seem to be a futile exertion to attempt the refutation of a story
which no responsible scholar has given credence to since Scharf's first rela-
tion of it in 1879, ^^' th^ frequent recurrence of the Jesuit press "legend"
in newspaper articles, and elsewhere occasionally, makes it seem desirable
in this narrative to present the case against its acceptance even as a legend
containing the usual modicum of truth.
The First Act on the Maryland Statute Book for the
Encouragement of Printing
An Act for the Speedy and Effectual Publication of the Laws of this Province,
AND for the Encouragement of William Parks, of the City
OF Annapolis, Printer
{Passed in October Assembly 1727, printed at large in original printed acts of the Session,
reprinted Archives of Maryland, j6: 8g)
Whereas at a former Session of this present General Assembly, held in the Month of
March, Seventeen Hundred and Twenty Six, it was Resolved, That the said William Parks
should print the Publick Laws, Speeches, and Answers, at the Opening each Session, and
that he should be allowed Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco for each County, by the re-
spective Counties, Yearly.
And whereas the said William Parks, did (pursuant to the said Resolution)print and de-
liver to the Parties mention'd in the said Resolution, the several Publick Laws, enacted in
the said Session of Assembly held in the said Month of March, and also in the Session of
Assembly held in the Month of July, in the Year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and
Twenty Six, for which there was due to the said William Parks, Two Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco from each County respectively, according to the said Resolution.
And whereas the said William Parks, upon his Application to the Justices of the several
Counties, for an Allowance of the Payment of the said Quantities of Tobacco so due to him
as aforesaid, hath receiv'd the same from several Counties of this Province, but the Jus-
tices of some other Counties have (thro' a misapprehension of the said Resolution) refused
to allow and pay the same to the said William Parks: For the Remedying whereof, and for
the Prevention thereof for the Future, as also for the Encouragement of the said William
Parks, in the Service of the Country,
[149]
ocuments Relating to Parks and Green
Report of the Committee on Jonas Green's Petition of 1762
( Votes and Proceedings, April ij, 1^62) '
By the Committee appointed by the Honourable the Lower House of Assembly, to en-
quire into the Facts set forth in the Petition of Jonas Green.
Your Committee, upon Examination of the Facts contained in the said Petition, find.
That no Act passed in the Year 1738 or 1739, for the Levying or Payment of any Salary to
the said Jonas Green; but that in the Year 1742 he was allowed 120 /. in the Journal of
Accounts, the Payment of which was in 1743; and in the Year 1748, an Act passed, impow-
ering and requiring Mrs. HoUyday, Executrix of James Hollyday, Esquire, to pay 1 80 /. to
the said Jonas Green, for his Salaries in 1738 and 1739. That an Act passed in the Year
1740, to continue till the ist of December, 1742, for the Yearly Allowance of 15 /. in each
County to the said Jonas Green, but no Session happening after the Expiration of that Act,
till May 1744, the said Jonas Green had no Allowance for the Year 1743, till an Allowance
was made to him on the Journal of Accounts of 144 /. in the Year 1744, which was not paid
till 1747: That in the Year 1744, an Act passed, to continue till the 25th of December, 1745,
which, in August 1745, was continued till the 25th of December, 1746, giving the said Jonas
Green the 15 /. yearly Allowance, in each County, as Printer; and in June 1746, an Act
passed, impowering the Justices of Talbot and St. Mary's County to levy 1 5 /. in each
County in November 1746, for the said Jonas Green's Use, omitted to be levied in Talbot
in 1742, and in St. Mary's in 1744: That in May 1747, the said Act of 1744 was revived and
continued till the 25th of December 1748, and an additional Allowance of 5 /. each County
given to the said Jonas Green for printing the Votes; but if no Session or Convention, the
additional Allowance to cease: That in May 1749, an Act passed to continue till the 25th of
December, 1750, for 20 /. yearly Allowance to the said Jonas Green, in Each County, for
his printing the Laws and Votes; but if no Session, 5 /. Part of the Allowance in Each
County, to cease: By this Act 40 /. was to be levied in Kent County for Omissions in 1747
and 1748, and 5 /. in Dorchester County, for an Omission in 1747: In May 1750, the last
mentioned Act was continued till the ist. of December, 1752, and in June 1752, to the ist.
of December, 1753.
That in October 1753, a new Act passed, to continue till the 20th. of December, 1755,
giving the like Allowance to the said Jonas Green, subject to the like Abatement when no
Session, as the Act of 1749, and laying a further Duty on him to print the Inspection Law,
passed that Session, for the Vestries and Inspectors, without giving any further Reward for
that new Duty: That in February 1756, an Act passed to continue till the 20th of Decem-
ber, 1757, apportioning the Said Jonas Green's Allowance by the Number of Taxables in
the respective Counties, which was continued in September 1757, to the 20th of December
1758, and which expired on that Day, tho' the Session, begun in November 1758, ended but
a few Days before the Expiration of that Law: That in March 1760, an Act passed, to con-
tinue to the 2d Day of April, 1761, giving the like Allowance, and under the like Conditions,
as the last mentioned Act, and also impowering the Justices of the respective Counties to
levy in the whole, 210 /. for his Salary in 1759, there not having been any Session in that year.
That the Said last mentioned Act Expired the 2d of April, 1761 ; since which there has
not been any Session, and there hath been no Salary or Allowance to the said Jonas Green
' See bibliographical appendix for this volume.
[151]
<^ History of Printing in (Colonial j,94: i6i-i65,ms.in Land Office,
Annapolis), and took oath as to the correctness of the subjoined inven-
tory, in which appeared this item:
"To 2 old printing presses and a quantity of printing Materials consisting of Types &
Calculated to be of the Value of £90. 14. 5."
When Anne Catharine Green died, in 1775, ^^"^ inventory of goods and
chattels {Inventories, 119:344-349, ms. in Land Office, Annapolis) showed
the following itemization of the contents of the Green "printing house" :
About 360 wt. English letter ^ worn at 3d 4-10-0
About 390 Small Pica do at 3d 4~i7~6
About 400 Long Primer J4 worn at 6d 10- 0-0
About 200 Burgeois do at 7d 5-16-8
About 600 do — Good for Little 3~ °~°
About 300 different Sorts a great deal worn at 3d 3""?"°
One Press and Furniture 10- 0-0
One very old do 2~ °~°
Five Friskets i" °~°
Three pair Tympans one old i~ 0-0
Four paire Pints [?] some Broke - i-o
Four pair old Ball Stocks ~ 4"-°
Nine paire Iron Chases 1-12-0
Twelve Composing Sticks i~ °~°
Twenty Gallies and some flies [?] i- 4"-°
Fourteen Letter Boards ^ °~ ^~°
Two paire old Shears, one paste Brush, Tin fender, Board Stand
pair belows and a parcel quoins and Reglet
Seven old Frames
Two Imposing Stones on Frames i- 5~°
A pair Leather Buckets and Bag
0-12-0
I- 0-0
[Total 53- 7-2]
C153}
MARYLAND IMPRINTS OF
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
r
". . . the publication of every book which has issued from printing
house or Scriptorium is an event in the spiritual history of the human
race, and more particularly in the spiritual history of the country and
city in which it appears, and . . . therefore a record of the publication
of books ought to be kept."
^-A.W. Pollard in The London Mercury for Febraary 1921.
MARYLAND IMPRINTS
zAn Annotated 'bibliography of 'Books, 'Broadsides and
Newspapers 'Printed in 'Maryland from
i68g to lyjO
iJHE compiler's intention has been to form a bibliography
of Maryland imprints which should present to the in-
vestigator an outline of the intellectual, political and so-
cial history of the Province of Maryland, and on the
practical side provide a useful guide to librarians, book
collectors and booksellers. In order that this purpose
• might be carried out successfully he has made it his ob-
ject to show in regard to each book:
1. An exact transcript of its title-page with the line endings indicated.
2. Where title-page is lacking, an exact transcript of its main heading, and of its colo-
phon, if present.
3. Where headings, imprints and dates are lacking to supply them in square brackets,
giving, when possible, authorities for the matter supplied.
4. A moderately full collation, consisting of size (fold of the sheet) ; signature sequence
(with a superior number indicating the number of leaves in each gathering of the
copy examined); the total number of leaves; the pagination; the main heads and
the pages occupied by each; typographical ornaments; linear size of the title-page
in inches as being easy to visualize, and of the type page in millimeters as being
exact for purposes of identification.
5. A note comprising facts in the life of the author; explanations of the matter of the
book; such part of the history of the book as is known or seems of importance to
record; cross references to works of a related character.
6. The library or libraries in which the book described is to be found.
The compiler has examined personally all of the items given with colla-
tions in this bibliography, except the following:
Nos. I, 20, 21, 70, 122, 140, 177, 186, 234, 244 and 245. Of these he has
given title transcripts from photographic copies of all except Nos. 177, 244
and 245.
A number of additional titles not seen by the compiler are copied from
Evans's American Bibliography where no location was given for them. In
C157]
and the Public Services of Daniel Dulany, the Elder.)
MdHS. (Calvert Papers, 294).
43. HoLDSwoRTH, Edward. Muscipula,| sive | Kambpomyomaxia.| Authore E. Holds-
worth,] E Coll. Magd. Oxon.| [Space left between rules for quotation is blank, except for
words, "OMHPOY BATPAXOM", in Roman capitals in lower right hand corner.] An-
napoli:] Impensis R. L. Typis W. P. m.dcc.xxviii.| [Second title:] The | Mouse-Trap,|
or the I Battle of the Cambrians | and Mice.| A Poem.| Translated into English,] By R.
Lewis.] [Four lines translated from Homer's "Battle of the Frogs and Mice", and four
lines from Roscommon, "Ess. Trans. Verse".] Annapolis:] Printed for the Author, by
W. Parks, m.dcc.xxviii.]
Sm. 8vo. [aP, b*, c^, [A]*, (B, omitted) C-G'', H*; 34 leaves; pages [i-iv], v-xvi, [i]-52; p. [ij: blank,-verso: first
title as above; p. [iii]: second title as above,-verso blank; pp. v-ix: "To His Excellency Benedict Leonard Cal-
vert, . . .", (poetical dedication, with head and tail pieces); pp. x-xiii: "The Preface", with head and tail pieces;
pp. xiv-xvi: "AList of the Subscribers Names", with head-piece; p. [i]: blank; p. 2: Muscipula,] sive | Kambpo-
myomaxia.l, as heading of Latin text, with head-piece; p. 3: The Mouse-Trap,| or the | Battle (a) of the Cam-
brians I and Mice.], as heading of English text, with head-piece; pp. 2-41 : text of poem in Latin and English,
Latin on verso, English on recto of pages throughout; pp. 40 and 41: "Finis", and tail-piece, "The End", and
tail-piece, respectively; pp. 42-52: "Notes to the foregoing Piece", with head and tail pieces; running heads to
each section except "Notes."
Leaf measures, p. vii: 6J x 42^ inches. Type page, p. xi: 135 x 80 mm.
Reprinted by Bernard C. Steiner in Early Maryland Poetry, (Maryland Historical Society Fund Publica-
tions No. 2^, Baltimore. 1900). For information concerning the poem and its translator and contemporary refer-
ences to this edition see Chapter Six of the foregoing narrative. Copy in MdHS. lacks both title-pages which have
been supplied by photostat from the copy in LC, which has pages 2-^ mutilated and supplied by photostat
copies of these pages in the MdHS. copy. Both title-pages of this choice volume are printed in red and black, the
only example known to the compiler of a rubricated title-page from a colonial Maryland press. See Plate IV for a
photographic reproduction of these title-pages.
Lewis, Richard, translator, see above. No. 43.
44. Maryland, Province of. Laws of Maryland,] enacted ] at a Session of Assembly,] be-
gun and held at the City of ] Annapolis, on Thursday the Third ] Day of October, in the
Four-] teenth Year of the Dominion of ] the Right Hon. Charles,] Lord Baron of Balte-
more, Abso-] lute Lord and Proprietary of the ] Provinces of Maryland and Ava-] Ion, &c.
Annoq; Domini 1728,] [ Baltimore arms] By Authority.] Annapolis:] Printed and Sold by
William Parks, mdccxxviii. Price Two Shil-] lings, to those who bought the whole Body
of Laws, and Two ] Shillings Six Pence to others.]
Sm. fol. [A]', B-ff', H', ff; 16 leaves; pages [i-ii], 1-28 [30], wrongly numbered 1-28; p. [i]: title; pp. 1-28 [30]:
text, with heading; p. 28 [30]: "Advertisement", (notice of acts repealed, list of useful blanks to be had of printer,
etc.)
Leaf measures: II A x 7^ inches. Type page, p. 2: 262 x 137 mm.
C173J
•iA History of Printing in (Colonial zM^aryland
A leaf with pagination 25 and 26, with signature H, was inserted between signatures G and H after the book
had been made up, or possibly after the sheets had been printed, for the page numbers were not changed to take
the insertion into account. The signatures and pagination of this portion run: G', H', H*; pp. 21, 22, 23, 24, 2£,
26, 25, 26, 27, 28.
MdHS. MDioc. BBL. (imp.) LC. NYBA. HU. HLS. BM.
45. — ^To his Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert,| Governour and Commander in Chief,
in and over the | the [sic] Province of Maryland,! The Humble Address | of the | Upper
House of Assembly.l ... To which His Excellency was pleas'd to make the following
Answer.l . . . Benedict Leonard Calvert.| [Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1728.]
Single leaf, printed both sides; tail-piece.
Leaf measures: 12^x71 inches. Type page, p. [i], including heading: 246 x 140 mm.
Contains addresses of session of Oct. 3-Nov. 2, 1728.
MDSL.
46. — Votes and Resolves,| of the | Lower House of Assembly, of the Province of | Mary-
land.] Maryland ss.| (Oct. 3-Nov. 2, 1728.) [Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1728.]
Fol. Issued separately in numbered parts, without signature; each part, except Nos. I and XIV, has at con-
clusion imprimatur as follows: "I Do (by order of the Lower House of Assembly, of the Province of Maryland)
appoint William Parks, to Print the Votes and Resolves of the said House. John Mackall, Speaker." No. I : pp.
1-4, with heading as above and session headingof five lines; No. II: pp. :-7,-p. 8, blank; No. Ill: pp. 1-2; No. IV:
p. i,-p. 2, blank; No. V: pp. 1-2; No. VI: pp. 1-2; No. VII: pp. i-2; No. VIII: pp. 1-2; No. IX: pp. 1-2; No. X:
pp. 1-4; No. XI: pp. 1-4; No. XII: pp. 1-2, No. XIII: pp. 1-3,-p. 4 blank; No. XIV: pp. I-12.
Leaf measures: 123^ x 7f inches. Type page, p. 2, No. I: 249 x 136 mm.
The imprimatur of No. II has "by Order of the House of Delegates" instead of "Lower House of Assembly"
as quoted above.
MDSL.
47. [Cut] The I Maryland Gazette | [Cut] (Jan. 2, 1727/28-Dec. 31, 1728; Nos. 17-68.)?
[Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by Will. Parks. By whom Advertisements, and Subscrip-
tions I for this Paper, are taken in.|
I if X 7 inches. In remaining issues, two leaves to each number, two columns to a page.
MdHS. has Dec. lo-Dec. 31, 1728, Nos. 65-68, the only known copies for this year and the earliest recorded
copies of this newspaper. See Plate Va for title arrangement.
48. [Warner, John. An Almanack for the Year 1729. Calculated more exactly for these
Parts, than any has been publish'd yet. By John Warner, Philom. living near Pattow-
mack. Printed and Sold by William Parks, in Annapolis. [1728.] Price 6 Pence a Piece, or
4 shillings per Dozen to those who buy them to sell again.]
No copy recorded. Advertised as "Lately Published" in Parks's Maryland Gazette for Dec. 17, 1728.
1729
49. Beckett, William. The Duty both of Clergy and Laity | to each other. | A | Sermon |
Preach'd before the Reverend the | Commissary,] and the rest of the | Clergy | of | Penn-
sylvania.] In Christ Church,] Philadelphia.] On Wednesday, September 24, 1729.] Being
the First Visitation held there.] By William Beckett, Missionary at Lewes.| Annapolis:]
Printed and Sold by W. Parks. m,dcc,xxix. [Price One Shilling.] ]
Sm. 4to. [A]-E^, F'; II leaves; pages [i-iv], [i]-i8; p. [i]: title; p. [iii]: dedication to the Reverend Mr. Cum-
mings, and five others of the Pennsylvania clergy; pp. [i]-l8 : text, with heading and tail-piece.
Leaf measures :7ix 5 A inches. Type page, p. 2: 150 x 117 mm.
The Rev. William Beckett, a "pious, faithful and orthodox Pastor" received the King's Bounty on March
25, 1721. (Fothergill). Coming to Pennsylvania, he was given charge of the Church of England congregation at
C174]
JYPL. has Nos. 9 (Jan. 26-Feb. 2, 1732/33), 10 (Feb. 2-Feb. 9, 1732/33), and 15 (Mch. 9-Mch. 16, 1732
[«V].) Soon after No. 15, the former style of the title was resumed as follows:
[Cut] The I Maryland Gazette ] [Cut]. [Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by W. Parks, and
E. Hall.]
NTPL. has Nos. ig (Apr. 6-13, 1733) and 51 (Dec. 21-28, 1733).
In No. 51, the colophon reads as follows: Annapolis: Printed by William Parks: By whom Subscriptions are
taken in for this Paper, at | Fifteen Shillings a Year; and Advertisements to be inserted in it, at Three Shillings
for the first Week, and | Two Shillings for every Week after. N. B. Old Books are well bound by him.|
See Plate Va for title arrangement. When the word "Reviv'd" was added to the title, it was placed in the
space immediately beneath the words "Maryland Gazette" in this reproduction.
[183 J
zA History of Printing in (Colonial ^yuCary land
1734
86. [Grew, Theophilus. Grew's Almanack, for the Year of our Lord God, 1735. Being the
third after Bissextile. Wherein are contained, The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses; The
Increase, Decrease, and Length of the Days and Nights, the Rising, Southing, and Setting
of the Heavenly Bodies; with many other Things, both pleasant, useful and necessary.
Calculated according to Art. And referred to the Horizon of 39 Degrees North Latitude,
and 75 Degrees, West Longitude, from the famous City of London, fitting Virginia, Mary-
land, Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and New- York. By Theophilus Grew, Student in the
Mathematicks. Printed and Sold by William Parks, at his Printing-Offices in Virginia and
Maryland. 1734.]
No copy recorded. Advertised as "Just Published" in Parks's Maryland Gazette for Nov. 22, 1734.
Maryland, Province of. (There were no acts passed at the convention of Assembly
of March 19, 1733/34-March 25, 1734, nor was the printing of the V. & P. provided for by
the customary resolution.)
87. [Cut] The I Maryland Gazette | [Cut]. [Colophon as in issue No. 51 under year 1733.]
NYPL. has Nos. 54 (Jan. 11-18, 1734), 64 (May 17-24, 1734), 71 (July 11-19, 1734), 73 July 2&-Aug. 2,
1734). 74 (Aug. 2-9, 1734), 81 (Sept. 20-27, •734), 86 (Oct. 25-Nov. i, 1734), 89 (Nov. 15-22, I734)_, 90 (Nov. 22-
29, 1734), the only known copies of this year's issues. Evidently this newspaper ceased publication soon after
this, for there are no traces of it in the year 1735 or later.
See Plate \a for title arrangement.
1735
88. Maryland, Province or. Laws of Maryland,] enacted | at a Session of Assembly, be-
gun and held | at the City of Annapolis, on Thursday,! the Twentieth Day of March, in
the I Twentieth Year of the Dominion of the | Right Honourable Charles, Lord | Baron of
Baltimore, Absolute Lord and | Proprietary of the Provinces of Mary-| land and Avalon,
&c. Annoq; Domini 1734.I [Baltimore arms] By Authority.] Annapolis:| Printed and Sold
by William Parks. m,dcc,xxxiv. [sic] \ (Price Two Shillings to those who bought the whole
Body of I Laws, and Two Shillings and Six Pence to others.) |
La. 4to. I preliminary leaf, A-F*, G'; 14 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-[28]; p. [i]: title; pp. 3-27: text, with session
heading; p. [28]: contents.
Leaf measures: 12A x 8i inches. Type page, p. 4: 256 x 139 mm.
The date of publication was printed as given above, but obviously should have been 1735.
MdHS. MDioc. BBL. (imp.) MDSL. LC. HLS. BM.
89. — ^Votes and Proceedings | of the | Lower House of Assembly, of the Province | of Mary-
land.] (March 20, 1734/35-April 24, 1735) [Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1735.]
Sm. fol. A-P; 18 leaves; pp. 1-36: text, with heading as above, session heading of seven lines and tail-piece.
Leaf measures: iii x 7 inches. Type page, p. 2; 247 x 136 mm.
This is a compiled edition, not a collection of the parts issued separately throughout the session.
MDSL.
1736
90. Maryland, Province of. Laws of Maryland,] enacted ] at a Session of Assembly, be-
gun ] and held at the City of Annapo-] lis, on Friday, the Nineteenth Day ] of March, in
the Twenty First Year of ] the Dominion of the Right Honourable ] Charles, Lord Baron
of Baltimore,] Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the ] Provinces of Maryland and Avalon,
[184]
^Maryland Imp rints of the Colonial Period, 1689-1776
&C.1 Annoque Domini 1735. | [Baltimore arms] By Authority.| Printed by William Parks,
and Sold at his Printing-] Office in Annapolis. m,dcc,xxxvi.|
Fol. [A]', B-C, H'; 14 leaves; pages [i-ii], 1-26; p. [i]: title; pp. 1-25: text, without heading; p. 25: titles of
three private laws; pp. 25-26: contents, tail-piece.
Leaf measures: I2| x 8J inches. Type page, p. 2: 253 x 144 mm.
The dates of this session were March 19, 1735/36-April 10, 1736. Although the printing of the V. & P. was
ordered, no copy for this Session has been recorded.
In Archives of Maryland, v. 40, is to be read the story of Parks's neglect to print on time the laws passed in
the Session of April 20-May 6, 1736, and in the Acts for the Session of April 26-May 28, 1737 appears the Act
by which it was attempted to render negligence on the part of the printer less likely to occur in the future. It
appears from the proceedings of the Lower House, May 27, 1737, that although too late to avoid criticism. Parks
had finally printed the laws of the previous session. Copies of this set of session laws (April 20-May 6, 1736) have
often been regarded as non-existent, but the truth is that they were published with a misleading title-page; that
is, although no laws received the governor's signature at the first convention of this Assembly (Mch. 19, 1735
/36-April 10, 1736), those which passed the houses at this convention were signed at the close of the session of
April 20-May 6, 1736 and together with the laws properly belonging to the last named session were published by
Parks with the title as given above, as being the laws of the session beginning March 19, 1735/36. As the ses-
sion beginning April 20, 1736 was by prorogation from the earlier convention, it is likely that technically this
title was correct, but the procedure was unusual, and it has resulted in a general belief that the laws of the ses-
sion of April 20-May 6, 1736 were not printed.
MdHS. MDioc. BBL. MDSL. BM.
(The printing of the V. & P. for the Session of April 20-May 6, 1736 was ordered, but no copy of the volume
has been recorded.)
1737
91. Maryland, Province of. Laws of Maryland,! enacted | at a Session of Assembly,! be-
gun and held at the City of Annapolis,! o" Tuesday, the Twenty Sixth Day of April, in the !
Twenty Second Year of the Dominion of the Right ! Honourable Charles, Lord Baron of
Balti-! more. Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces | of Maryland and Avalon,
&c. Annoq; Domini 1737. j [Baltimore arms] By Authority.! Printed by William Parks,
and Sold at his Printing-j Office in Annapolis. m,dcc,xxxvii.|
Fol. [A]', B-E^; 9 leaves; pages [i-ii], 1-15, [16]; p. [i]: title; pp. I-15: text, without heading; p. [16]: contents.
Leaf measures: 12 A x 7i inches. Type page, p. 3: 256 x I44 mm.
MdHS. MDioc. BBL. MDSL. NYBA.
92. — ^Laws of Maryland,! enacted ! at a Session of Assembly, begun and ! holden at the
City of Annapolis,! on Thursday, the Eleventh Day of August, in ! the Twenty Second
Year of the Dominion ! of the Right Honourable Charles,! Lord Baron of Baltimore, Abso-
lute Lord ! and Proprietary of the Provinces of Ma-| ryland and Avalon, &c. Annoque
Domi-! ni 1737.! [Type device] By Authority.! Annapolis:! Printed and Sold by William
Parks. M,Dcc,xxxvii.|
Fol. [A]^, B-C^; 5 leaves; pages [i-ii], 1-8; p. [i]: title; pp. 1-8: text, without heading; p. 8: contents.
Leaf measures: 12 x 7j inches. Type page, p. 2: 250 x 145 mm.
The dates of this session were Aug. 11-16, 1737. The printing of the V.& P. was not provided for by the cus-
tomary resolution.
MDioc. MdHS. BBL. NYBA.
93. — ^Votes and Proceedings ! of the ! Lower House of Assembly of the Province of ! Mary-
land.! (26 April, 1737, prorogued from 6 May, 1736,-28 May, 1737.) [Annapolis: Printed
by William Parks. 1737.]
Sm. fol. A-O, C^, E-F^, only ("C" repeated, "D" omitted); 12 leaves; pages 1-24-]-: text, with heading as
above and session heading of eight lines; concludes with proceedings of May 26, 1737.
Leaf measures: iiAx7inches. Typepage, p. 2:a37x 131 mm.
MDSL. (imp.)
[185]
^A History of Printing in Qolonial',-pp. 11-14; [No. 3]: EVpp. 15-18; [No. 4]: F,-pp. 19-22; [No. 5]: G-KVpp. 23-38; [No. 6]: I^MVpp.
39-46; [No. 7]: N-Z^ AaVpp. 47-93.-P- M. blank.
Leaf measures: 12J x 7I inches. Type page, p. 3: 251 x I4I mm.
Last number has colophon with date; all other numbers have same colophon lacking date.
MDioc. MDSL Pleasants.
116. The I Maryland Gazette.] Containing the freshest Advices Foreign and Domestic. |
(Jan. 17, Apr. 26-Dec. 31, 1745, Nos. i, 1-36.)
Although the first issue of the Maryland Gazette was pubHshed on Jan. 17, 1745, headed No. i, there seems
to have been a discontinuance of the paper until April 26, 1745, on which day appeared an issue likewise headed
No. I. The Gazette continued with only one serious interruption (Dec. 25, 1777 to April 30, 1779) from this time
until its final cessation with the issue of Dec. 12, 1839.
In the year 1745, the following three colophons were used:
Colophon No. i. On preliminary issue of Jan. 17, 1745, headed No. 1: AnnapoHs; Printed by Jonas Green,
Post-Master, at the Printing (-Office) | in Charles-Street, j
Colophon No. 2. Beginning with issue of April 26, headed No. i, and including No. 6: Annapolis: Printed by
Jonas Green, Post-Master, at his [ Printing-Office in Charles-street, where Advertisements are taken in, and 1
any Persons may be supplied with this Paper. [
Colophon No. 3. With the issue of No. 7, "any Persons" was changed to "all Persons", and with No. 8 a new
type size and lining was adopted for the colophon, as follows: Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green, Post-Master,
at his Printing-Office in | Charles-Street; where Advertisements are taken in and all Persons may be supplied
with this Paper. |
9\ X 7I inches; 2 leaves each number; two columns.
MDSL (complete). MdHS. lacks No. I of Jan. 17th, the first leaf of No. I of April 26th, but has the remaining
issues with Nos. 7, 8, 30 and 35 imperfect. Photographic reproduction of first page of No. i (Jan. 17, 1745) is in
Scharf, J. T., History of Maryland, vol. 1, facing page 24.
1746
117. [Gordon, John. A Thanksgiving Sermon, on Occasion of the Suppression of the Un-
natural Rebellion, in Scotland, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, preach'd
at the City of Annapolis, before his Excellency Thomas Bladen, Esq; Governor of Mary-
land. By the Rev. Mr. Gordon. (Exodus XIV. 13.) Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.
1746.]
Sm. 4to. Fragment in NYHS. has A^, B-D\ E'; pp. [v-viii], 1-30 only; (lacks first two leaves of sign. A, con-
taining probably half-title and title); pp. [v-viii]: dedication to Governor Bladen; pp. i-3o-(-; text, with head-
piece and heading, A Thanksgiving | Sermon | on the | Defeat of the Rebels. |, tail-piece, running heads.
Leaf measures: 7J x 5i inches. Type page, p. 2: 4iJ x 3! inches.
The above work, only a single imperfect copy of which is known to exist, was advertised in the Maryland
Gazette for Oct. 14, 1746 as "Now in the Press, and speedily will be Published." On Oct. 28, it was advertised as
"Just PubHshed." The "Defeat of the Rebels" referred to was the Battle of Culloden, April 16, 1746.
The Rev. John Gordon was inducted as rector of St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County, on May 7, 1745
and remained in this charge certainly until March 27, 1749. Soon after this he became rector of St. Michael's
Parish, Talbot County. He was a stanch Whig in the Revolution and in 1785 he received the degree of D. D.
from Washington College. He died April 12, 1790. (Allen, St. Ann's Parish.)
NYHS.
[192]
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1 1 8. Maryland, Province of. Acts of Assembly | of the | Province of Maryland,] made
and passed | at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City | of Annapolis, on Tues-
day the seventeenth Day of June, in | the thirty-second Year of the Dominion of the Right
Ho-| nourable Charles, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Abso-| lute Lord and Proprietary of the
Provinces of Maryland and | Avalon, &c. Annoque Domini 1746.I [Baltimore arms] Pub-
lished by Authority.] Annapolis:] Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province; and
are to be Sold at j his Prin ting-Office in Charles-Street; 1746.]
Sm. fol. [A]-E^, F'; 11 leaves; pages [i]-22s p. [i]: title; pp. 3-22: text, without heading, running heads; p. 22:
contents.
Leaf measures, last leaf: iif x 7i inches. Type page, p. 4: 216 x 137 mm.
MdHS. BBL. MDSL. NYBA. (imp.) HLS.
119. — ^Votes and Proceedings ] of ] the Lower House of Assembly ] of the ] Province of
Maryland,] at a Session begun and held March la, 1745, 6.] (-29 March, 1746). [Colophon:]
Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonas Green, Printer to this Province, 1746.]
Sm. fol. A-F^; 12 leaves; pages [i]-23, [24]: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of
eight lines; p. 23: colophon.
Leaf measures: Iifxyf inches. Type page, p. 2: 245 x 140 mm.
There were no acts passed at this convention of Assembly.
MDSL.
120. — Votes and Proceedings ] of | the Lower House of Assembly j of the j Province of
Maryland.] (17 June-8 July, 1746.) [Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green,
Printer to the Province.] [1746].
Sm. fol. A-K^, L'; 21 leaves; pages [i]-42: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of
seven lines, tail-piece; p. 42: colophon.
Leaf measures: Ii|x7iinches. Typepage, p. 3: 241 x 140 mm.
MDSL.
121. The ] Maryland Gazette.] Containing the freshest Advices Foreign and Domestic]
(Jan. 7, 1746-Dec. 30, 1746, Nos. 37-88.) [Colophon, same as No. 3 under year 1745.]
gi X 7 J inches, 2 leaves each number, double column.
No. 48 has an appendix of one leaf.
MdHS. has all numbers, Nos. 40 and 69 imperfect. MDSL. lacks Nos. 65, 66, 80 and 88. For location of scat-
tered issues, see Brigham, American Newspapers.
1747
122. Cradock, Thomas. Two ] Sermons,] with a ] Preface ] shewing ] the Author's Rea-
sons for publish-] ing them.] By Thomas Cradock, A.M. Rector of St. Thomas's ] in Balti-
more County.] [Four lines from Horace.] Annapolis:] Printed and Sold by Jonas Green,
MDCCXLVII.]
Sm. 8vo. A-B^ O; 10 leaves; pages [I-II], [i]-vi, [i]-II, [12]; p. [I]: title; pp. [i]-vi: The | Preface |, signed,
"T. Cradock", and dated, "Baltimore, November 22, 1746", head and tail pieces, running heads; pp. [i]-6: text,
with head-piece and heading, Innocent Mirth not inconsistent with Re-| ligion.| A | Sermon | Preach'd April the
23d, 1745, in St. Paul's | Church.] [Baltimore], (quotation from Proverbs XVIL 22), tail-piece, running heads; pp.
H-ii: text, with head-piece and heading, A | Sermon [ Preach'd at St. Thomas's Church, on the Day set apart
by his Ex-| cellency the Governor and his Council, to give God Thanks | for the Conquest of the Rebels by his
Royal Highness the Duke 1 of Cumberland.! (three lines quoted from Psalm CXXIL 6, 7.), tail-piece, running
heads.
Leaf measures: 61^ x 4 inches. Type page, p. 5: 133 x 89 mm.
[193]
c>^ History of Printing in Qolonial-JtCaryland
Published on Monday, Feb. 9, 1747. See Maryland Gazette for Feb. 3d and loth. Sold at is. (A. The only-
known copy, the British Musuem copy, has the "A. M." after the author's name on the title-page inked out,
and on page [i] the date on which the sermon was preached in St. Paul's Church has been changed from 1745 to
1746; that is, the "6" has been written in with a pen over what was doubtless a "5". In the advertisement above
referred to this date is given as 1745.
The Rev. Thomas Cradock was born at Wolverham in Bedfordshire, England in 171 8; ordained deacon Sept.
20, 1741, priest Sept. 2J, 1743; received the King's Bounty Feb. 28, 1743/44 (Fothergill), and coming to Mary-
land became the first rector of St. Thomas's Parish, Garrison Forest, in which incumbency he remained until his
death on May 7, 1770. For an account of this fine old parish priest see The Garrison Church. Sketches of the His-
tory of St. Thomas' Parish, Garrison Forest, Baltimore County, Maryland. 1742-1852. By the Rev. Ethan Allen
D. D. Ed. by the Rev. Hobart Smith, M. A. with Additional Sketches. N. Y. 1898. (Illus). There should be
mentioned also the broadside, A | Friendly | Character | of the late | Revd. Thomas Cradock,| Rector of St.
Thomas's Baltimore County, | Maryland. | Who departed this life. May 7, 1770, in the Fifty Second | year of his
Age. I [Thirteen lines of encomium] [London:] Printed by Thomas Worrall, No. 99, Bishopsgate without], a copy
of which is in the Maryland Diocesan Library. The only recorded copy of the "Two Sermons" described above
is that in the British Museum. Dr. Allen, however, had by him a copy when he was writing "The Garrison
Church" referred to in this note. See No. 189.
BM. (press mark, 4476 a 37).
123. IVIaryland, Province of. [Baltimore arms] An | Act of Assembly | of the Province of
Maryland,! made and passed at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of An-
napolis, on Thursday the 6th | Day of November, in the Thirty-second Year of the Domin-
ion of the Right Honourable Charles,| Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and Pro-
prietary of the Provinces of IVIaryland and Avalon,| &c. Annoque Domini 1746. | An Act
for issuing . . . the Sum of Nine Hundred Pounds Current Money, in Bills of Credit: .. .
[Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1747.]
Sm. fol. A, 2 leaves; pages [i]-4: text, with heading as above; p. 4: "Finis"; running head.
Leaf measures: ii}f x 7J inches. Type page, p. 2: 232 x 137 mm.
The dates of this Session were Nov. 6-12, 1746. The act described above was the only one passed. No copy
of V. & P. for the session has been recorded, none was advertised in the Maryland Gazette, and it is believed that
none was printed.
MDSL. BBL.
124. — An Act to remedy some Defects in an Indenture of Bargain and Sale,| made and
executed by Michael Curtis, and Sarah his Wife, late of | St. Mary's County, deceas'd, to
Charles Carroll,Esq;lateof the | City of Annapolis, deceas'd. | [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas
Green. 1747].
Broadside. 13 x %\ inches.
Private law bound in volume containing the Acts of Assembly of May 1747, Maryland Historical Society
copy. Contains at end printed mandate: "On Behalf of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Proprietary of this Province, I
Will this be a Law," signed, "Sam. Ogle."
MdHS.
125. — Acts of Assembly | of the Province of | Maryland,! made and passed | at a Session
of Assembly, begun and held at the City of ! Annapolis, on Saturday the Sixteenth Day
of May, in the | thirty-third Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable ! Charles,
Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and | Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland
and Avalon, &c. An-! noque Domini 1747.! [Baltimore arms] Published by Authority.!
Annapolis:! Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province; and are to be Sold at his |
Printing-Office in Charles-street, 1747.!
Fol. [A]-0^, P'; 29 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-57, [58]; p. [i]: title; pp. 3-57: text, without heading, running head;
p. 57: contents.
Leaf measures: 13 x 8} inches. Type page, p. 4: 278 x 152 mm.
MdHS. BBL. MDSL. LC. Pleasants. NYSL. HLS.
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126. — ^Votes and Proceedings | of | the Lower House of Assembly | of the | Province of
Maryland. | At a Session begun and held. May 16, 1747.I (-July 11, 1747). [Colophon:]
Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province. 1747.I
4to. A-Q^, R'; 33 leaves; pages [i]-65, [66] : text, with heading as above and session heading of seven lines.
Leaf measures: gj x yi inches. Type page, p. 2: 202 x 152 mm.
Advertised in Maryland Gazette for Jan. 6, 1748, as "This Day is Published ... at the usual Price of Three
Pence for each Day's Proceedings."
MdHS. MDSL. NYPL. Pleasants.
127. The I Maryland Gazette. | Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic. |
(Jan. 6-Dec. 30, 1747, Nos. 89-140.) [Colophon, same as No. 3 under year 1745.]
12 X 8i inches, except No. 89 which is 9 J x yi inches; 2 leaves each number; double column.
Green normally began his year with Jan. 1st, N. S. but sometimes an error crept in; No. 91 for example, is
dated Jan. 20, 1746 instead of Jan. 20, 1747.
No. 112 has a "Postscript" of one leaf.
MDSL. (complete) MdHS. lacks 89-92, 115, 117, 124-125, 130-133, 135-136, 140, and has 119 and 122 im-
perfect.
1748
128. Maryland, Province of. Acts of Assembly | of the Province of | Maryland,! made
and passed | at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of | Annapolis, on Tues-
day the Tenth Day of May, in the thirty-| fourth Year of the Dominion of the Right Hon-
ourable I Charles, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and | Proprietary of the Prov-
inces of Maryland and Avalon, &c.| Annoque Domini, 1748. | [Baltimore arms] Published
by Authority.] Annapolis:] Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province; and are to |
be Sold at his Printing-OiEce in Charles-Street. 1748. |
Fol. [A]-ff; 16 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-32; p. [i]: title; pp. 3-32: text, without heading, running head; p. 32:
contents.
Leaf measures: 12^ x 8 inches. Type page, p. 4: 269 x I43 mm.
MdHS. BBL. MDSL. LC. HLS.
129. — ^Votes and Proceedings | of | the Lower House of Assembly | of the | Province of
Maryland.] At a Convention begun and held, December 22, 1747.] (-23 December, 1747).
[Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province.] [1748].
4to. A^, B'; 3 leaves; pages [i]-6: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of seven Unas;
p. 6: colophon.
Leaf measures: 9tV x 6J inches. Type page, p. 2: 2l6 x 150 mm.
Advertised in Maryland Gazette for Jan. 27, 1748, as "Tomorrow will be published. Price 6d."
There were no acts passed at this convention of Assembly.
MDSL. NYPL.
130. — Votes and Proceedings ] of the ] Lower House of Assembly ] of the ] Province of
Maryland.] At a Session begun and held. May 10. 1748.] (-11 June, 1748). [Colophon:]
Annapolis: Printed and Sold by J. Green, Printer to the Province.] [1748].
Sm. 4to. A-V^, X'; 41 leaves; pages [i]-82: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of
eight lines; tail-piece; p. 82: colophon.
Leaf measures: 8i x 6 inches. Type page, p. 2: 168 x 124 mm.
MDSL. NYPL.
131. — Maryland, the 1748- Exchange for £ Sterling.] Pursuant to an
Act of Assembly of this Province for Emitting and ] making Current Ninety Thousand
[195]
177-181, 183-186, 189-192, and
has 1 87 imperfect. For location of scattered issues, see Brigham, American Newspapers,
133. Prince George's County is so very large, that a Division of it is abso-| lutely neces-
sary; . . . [Annapolis : Printed by Jonas Green. 1748.]
Broadside. 13^ x 8 J inches.
Relates to division of Prince George's County whereby Frederick County was formed, by Act of May 1748,
Protests against establishment of county seat at Kennedy Farrell's instead of at Frederick-Town in case the
division is made.
MdHS.
134. The Situation of Frederick-Town.! [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1748.]
Broadside. 6f x 8i inches.
Tells of advantages of Frederick-Town as county seat in case the division of Prince George's County is car-
ried out, as it was finally by an Act of May 1748.
MdHS.
135. [Royal Dublin Society.] Extracts i from the ! Essays ! of the | Dublin Society;! Rela-
ting to the I Culture and Manufacture of Flax.! [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1748.]?
8vo. Imperfect copy in Boston Athenaeum contains signatures: B^, C-E^ only; pages 1-30: text, with head-
piece, heading as above and cuts.
Leaf measures: 7^x4! inches. Type page: 81 x 53 mm.
These extracts were reprinted from tht Maryland Gazette (or July 5 and 26, 1745, Nos. II and 14. In the year
1737, the Royal Dublin Society had devoted especial attention to flax culture and manufacture. Its papers on
this subject were published in the "Dublin Society's Weekly Observations" in the Dublin News Letter in the year
1737. (Berry, Henry F. A History of the Royal Dublin Society. Lond. 1915.) It was probably from the "Weekly
Observations" that Green reprinted his articles, which he headed in the issues of his paper above mentioned as
"From the Essays of the Dublin Society," (Nos. XLIV and XLV, respectively). He had announced in the very
first issue of his journal, Jan. 17, 1745, that in order to make his newspaper useful as well as entertaining, he
would present his readers with the best directions for the culture of flax and hemp, especially of flax, instructions
which he considered would prove to be of good public service because of the uncertainty of supplies and of the
prevailing high prices. He kept his word, as has been seen, and three years later republished the articles in the
book described above, which on March 2, 1748 was advertised in the Maryland Gazette as "Just Published," and
in addition to the title as entered above, this further description was given of the work: "With Cuts, representing
the principal Instruments used in Flax-Dressing." Some of these cuts are present in the Boston Athenaeum frag-
ment. This is probably the first illustrated book printed in Maryland. It was issued at is. 6d. The typographical
C196]
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features of the fragment also aid in its identification with the book which Green advertised as cited above. Evans,
No. 6127, gives title and imprint as in entry above, but does not locate a copy. See also, Nos. 350 and 351 of this
bibliography.
1749
136. Maryland, Province or. Acts of Assembly | of the Province of | Maryland,! made
and passed | at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of | Annapolis, on Wed-
nesday the Twenty-fourth Day of May, in | the Thirty-fifth Year of the Dominion of the
Right Honourable | Charles, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and | Proprietary of
the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon, &c.| Annoque Domini, 1749.I [Baltimore arms]
Published by Authority.| Annapolis:| Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province;
and are to be Sold at his | Prin ting-Office in Charles-Street, 1749.I
Sm. fol. [A]-E^; lo leaves; pages [1-2], 3-20; p. [i] : title; pp. 3-20: text, without heading, running head; p. 20:
contents.
Leaf measures: 12 xyj inches. Type page, p. 4: 257 x 140 mm.
MdHS. MDSL. Pleasants. LC.
137. — ^Votes and Proceedings | of | the Lower House of Assembly | of the | Province of
Maryland.! (9 May-ii May, 1749.) [Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green,
Printer to the Province-! [1749].
Sm. fol. A-B^; 4 leaves; pages [i]-8: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of seven
lines, tail-piece of two separate strips between which is the colophon.
Leaf measures: Iiix7f inches. Type page, p. 2: 231 x 141 mm.
There were no Acts passed at this convention of Assembly.
MDioc. MDSL. NYPL.
138. — Votes and Proceedings ! of ! the Lower House of Assembly ! of the ! Province of
Maryland.! [24 May (by prorogation from 11 May)-a4 June, 1749]. [Colophon:] Annapolis:
Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province, 1749.!
Sm. fol. A-[0]^; 28 leaves; pages [i]-56: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of four
lines; p. 56: three lines of errata, and colophon.
Leaf measures: Iiix7l inches. Type page, p. 2: 239 x 142 mm.
MDioc. MDSL.
139. The ! Maryland Gazette,! Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic!
(Jan. 4-Dec. 27, 1749, Nos. 193-244.) [Colophon as No. 3, under 1745.]
Ill X 7I inches, 2 leaves each number, double column.
No. 193 dated Jan. 4, 1748 instead of Jan. 4, 1749. See note to this title under year 1747.
MDSL. (complete).
1750
140. Brooden, William. Freedom and Love.! A ! Sermon | Preached before the ! Ancient
and Honourable Society j of ! Free and Accepted ! Masons,! '" the Parish Church of St.
Anne, in the City of ! Annapolis,! on Wednesday the a7th of December, 1749.I By the
Rev. Mr. William Brogden,| Rector of AUhallows Parish.j Published at the Request of the
Society.! [Three lines quoted from Cicero, Parad.; one from Cicero, de Leg.; two from
Minut. Felix.] Annapolis: Printed, and Sold by Jonas Green, in Charles-Street, mdccl.!
Sm. 4to. I preliminary leaf, [Al-E''; 11 leaves; pages [i-vi], [i]-l6; p. [i]: half-title, Mr. Brogden's | Sermon |
Preached before the | Ancient and Honourable Society | of | Free and Accepted Masons.|, head and tail pieces;
p. [iii]: title as above,-verso: "In the Lodge, held at the Indian King, in Annapolis in Maryland, on Thursday
the 28th of December, 1749. Agreed, that the Thanks of this Ancient and Honourable Society be given to our
Brother, the Reverend Mr. William Brogden, for his Sermon preached yesterday, before the said Society; and
C197]
zA History of Printing in Qolonial 553 *"'l 555 which have one
each; three columns.
Note change in price this year from 14s. to I2s. 6d. per annum.
MdHS. has two copies, one lacks No. 555, and has Nos. 545 and 554 imperfect; the other lacks 553, 554 and
555. MDSL. (complete.) LC. (incomplete.) For location of scattered issues, see Brigham, American Newspapers.
186. Sterling, James. A | Sermon,| preached before | his Excellency the Govenor \sic\ \
of I Maryland,! ^^"d ! both Houses of Assembly,] at ] Annapolis,) December 13, 1754.] By
James Sterling, A. M.! Rector of St. Paul's Parish, in Kent County.! Annapolis:] Printed
by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province.! mdcclv.|
Sm. 4to. [A]-F^; 24 leaves; pages [i-v], vi-vii, [viii], 9-48; p. [i]: half-title, Mr. Sterling's | Sermon,| Preached
before the Governor, and | both Houses of Assembly, De-| cember 13, 1754.I, head and tail pieces; p. [iii]: title,
as above,-verso: "By the Lower House of Assembly, December 13, 1754. P. M. Ordered, That Col. William
Fitzhugh, Mr. Lloyd Buchanan, Col. John Henry, Mr. William Hicks, Mr. Henry Casson, and Capt. Alexander
Williamson, do wait upon the Reverend Mr. James Sterling, and return him the Thanks of the House, for his
Sermon preached this Day before his Excellency the Governor, and both Houses of Assembly, and request a
copy thereof that it may be Printed. M. Macnemara, CI. Lo. Ho."; head and tail pieces; pp. [v]-vii: text of "The
Prayer", head and tail pieces; pp. 9-48: text, with head-piece and heading, consisting of quotation from Gala-
tians, iv, 18; p. 48: "Finis".
Leaf measures: 7^ x 5I inches. Type page, p. 13: 151 x 104 mm.
British Museum has also reprint of this same year, with the title "Zeal against the enemies of our country
pathetically recommended . . ." London. 1755. (Press mark, 225. h. 22. f 18.)) (Evans, No. 7574). For order to
print the Annapolis edition, see Votes and Proceedings Dec. 14, 1754, by which 300 copies were to be printed, 5
for the Governor, 4 to each member of the two houses, the remainder to Mr. Sterling. Advertised for sale by
Jonas Green in Maryland Gazette of July 3, 1755.
The Rev. Mr. SteHing received the King's Bounty on Sept. 16, 1737, (Fothergill), was inducted rector of St.
Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County on Aug. 5, 1739, and soon after May 7, 1740 became rector of St. Paul's,
Kent County, a charge which he retained until his death in 1763. (Allen, St. Ann's Parish.) His obituary notice
and poetical epitaph were published in the Maryland Gazette for Nov. 17, 1763. He died Nov. 10, 1763. In addition
to his parish, Mr. Sterling held office in Maryland as "Collector of his Majesty's Customs at Chester," a fact
which the Rev. Bennet Allen used in extenuation of his own desire a few years later to employ himself in tem-
poral occupations. (See B. Allen to Sharpe, Nov. 25, 1767. Gilmor Papers, MdHS.)
British Museum (press mark, 694. e. 3. (11.))
187. Tuesday Club or Annapolis. By Permission of his Honour the President,! of the
Tuesday Club ! Sir,] . . . [Notice from Jonas Green that there would be no meeting of the
Tuesday Club for that week. Signed, "Jonas Green, M.C.P.L. & H.S.", and dated, "An-
napolis, July 15, 1755."] [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1755.]
Broadside. 6f x 5^ inches.
Printed on green paper. In the heading, the words "of the Tuesday Club" are interspaced with printers'
"flowers." A brief account of this celebrated club is given in the foregoing narrative. Chapter Seven; fuller ac-
counts appear in Riley, E. S., TAe Ancient City, Annapolis. 1887, and in an article entitled "Old Maryland Man-
ners" in Scribner's Monthly, 17: 315 Qan. 1879).
LC. (Ms. Div.)
188. — Sir,] I Hope I shall have the Honour of your Company,] at the Tuesday Club, to be
held this ] Evening in Charles-Street, at the Dwelling of,] Sir, Your very humble Servant,]
Jonas Green, H S.] Annapolis,] December 1, 1755.] [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.
I75S-]
Broadside. 41 x 69 mm.
See note to No. 187.
LC. (Ms. Div.)
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'Maryland Imprints of the Colonial Period, idSg-lJjd
1756
189. Cradock, Thomas. A | New Version | of the | Psalms | of | David. | By the Reverend
Thomas Cradock, Rector of | St. Thomas's, Baltimore County, Maryland.] Annapolis:]
Printed by Jonas Green, mdcclvi.]
8vo. A-X*; 84 leaves; pages [i-viii], [i]-l6o; p. [i]: title; p. [iii]: dedication, to Governors Sharpc of Maryland
and Hamilton of Pennsylvania; p. [iv]: advertisement, see note below; pp. [v-viii]: "Subscribers", with head-
piece; pp. [i]-i6o: text, with head-piece and heading. The | Psalms | of | David.], tail-piece, running heads.
Leaf measures; 7^ x 4^ inches. Type page, p. 4: 149 mm. in height.
Mr. Cradock says in advertisement, p. [iv] : "He is sorry, that he could not comply with his Proposals as to the
Time; but he was twice disappointed of his Paper, and then thought it most expedient to wait a little longer for
theadvantageof new Types." The apology was not uncalled for. Proposals for the publication of the "New Ver-
sion of the Psalms of David" by subscription at 6 shillings a copy had been advertised first by Mr. Cradock in
the Maryland Gazette for July 23, 1752. In Maryland Gazette for Aug. 4, 1757, he announced that some of the
original subscribers being dead, he had remaining a few copies for general sale. For personal particulars of the
Rev. Thomas Cradock, see references in note under No. 122.
MdHS. MDioc. (imp.)
190. Maryland, Province or. Acts | of the Province of | Maryland,] made and passed ]
at a Session of Assembly, begun and held | at the City of Annapolis, on Monday the Twen-
ty ] Third Day of February, in the Fifth Year of the ] Dominion of the Right Honourable
Frede-] rick, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord ] and Proprietary of the Provinces
of Maryland and ] Avalon, &c. Annoque Domini 1756.] [Baltimore arms] Published by
Authority.] Annapolis:] Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province; and are ] to be
Sold at his Printing-Office in Charles-Street, 1756.]
Fol. [AJS B-P; 17 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-33, [34]; p. [i]: title; pp. 3-33: text; p. [34]: contents, and one line of
errata; running heads as follows: pp. 3-4: "March, 1756", all others: "May, 1756", while on last page printer
notes that all are wrong and should be "February, 1756".
Leaf measures: 12J x 7I inches. Type page, p. 6: 250 x 144 mm.
MdHS. MDioc. BBL. (dup.) LC. HLS.
191. — [At a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis, the 23d Day of
February 1756, the following law was enacted: An Act Granting a Supply of Forty Thous-
and Pounds, for his Majesty's Service; and Striking Thirty-four Thousand and Fifteen
Pounds Six Shillings thereof, in Bills of Credit; and raising a Fund for sinking the same.
Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1756.]
No copy recorded. Advertised in Maryland Gazette for Aug. 12, 1756, as "Just Published (With all the other
laws passed last session.)" It is not clear that separate publication is meant.
192. — The following Bill (which ] did not Pass into a Law last j Session) is published, in
Pur-] suance of an Order of the | Honourable Lower House of ] Assembly, for the Perusal
of ] their Constitutents.] An Act for regulating the Militia of the Province of ] Maryland.]
[Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province, 1756.]
Sm. fol. A-C^; 6 leaves; pp. [i]-ii, [12]: text, with head-piece, heading as above and tail-piece.
Leaf measures: 11^x7 inches. Type page, p. 2: 265 x 143 mm.
Advertised in the Maryland Gazette for June 10, 1756 as "Just Published."
MDSL.
193. [The Maryland Almanack for the Year 1756. Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.
1756.]
No copy recorded. Advertised as "Lately Published" in the Maryland Gazette for Jan. 15, 1756.
194. [The Maryland Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1757, containing the Lunations,
Conjunctions, Eclipses, &c. &c. Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1756.]
No copy recorded. Advertised as "Just Published" in Maryland Gazette for Dec. 30, 1756.
[207}
zA History of Printing in Qolonial *^7 *° which have one each; three col-
umns.
No. 665 has colophon: Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.|
MDSL. (complete).
1759
214. [An Almanack for the Year 1760, fitted to this Meridian, containing, beside what is
common in an Almanack, a very famous Receipt, lately made public, and purchased of
Mr. Joseph Howard of South-Carolina, by the Assembly of that Government, for which
they gave him Three Thousand Pounds, for Curing the Lame-Distemper, Yaws or almost
any corrupt Blood, &c. Also a Receipt, by which Meat, ever so stinking, may be made as
sweet and wholesome, in a few Minutes, as any Meat at all, &c. &c. Annapolis: Printed by
Jonas Green. 1759.]
No copy recorded. Advertised in Maryland Gazette for Nov. 29, 1759 as "Just Published." Was this the
publication advertised in the Maryland Gazette for Oct. 11, 1759, and afterwards, as "Now in the Press, And
will be published with all convenient speed. An Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1760. Being Bissextile or
Leap- Year. Or, An Almanack, containing, &c. &c. Fitted for the Province of Maryland. By Darius Marylander,
Philomath." ^.
215. BissET, James, ed. Abridgment and Collection ! of the | Acts of Assembly ! of the
Province of ! Maryland,! at present in Force.! With ! a small choice ! Collection of Prece-
dents I in ! Law and Conveyancing. | Calculated for the Use of the Gentlemen of the Prov-
ince.! By James Bisset, Attorney at Law.! [One line from Virgil.] Ppiladelphia \sic\\
[211]
<^ History of Printing in Qolonial<^aryland
Printed by William Bradford, Printer, in Market-] Street, for the Author, 1759.I [Price
Bound, Twelve Shillings and Six Pence Currency.] |
8vo. 4 preliminary leaves, A-Z*, Aa-Zz*; (Qq2 incorrectly given as Rr2, which is repeated in its proper place);
188 leaves; pp. [i-viii], [i]-366, [368]; pp. 361-366 wrongly numbered 561-566, p. 343 wrongly numbered 344; p.
[i]: title; p. [iii]: dedication to the Hon. Stephen Bordley, Esq; pp. [v-viii]: "Preface", with head and tail pieces,
running heads; pp. [i]-io: The | Charter | of | Maryland.], with head and tail pieces, running heads; pp. 11-288:
text, with running heads and heading. Abridgment | of the | Acts of Assembly | of the | Province of Maryland | at
present in Force.]; p. 288: "Finis"; p. 289: half-title. Choice | and approved ] Precedents ] in ] Law ] and ] Con-
veyancing:] alphabetically digested.] Calculated j for the Use of the Gentlemen of the Province | of j Maryland.];
pp. 291-338 : text of Choice and Approved Precedents, etc. with heading; pp. 339-1343] (printed 344) : "Index.";
p. [343] (printed 344): "Finis"; pp. 345-353: Index.] To | the Body of Laws.]; pp. 353-1362] (printed 562): "Table
or list of the Acts of Assembly of the Province of Maryland inserted in this collection."; pp. [362-366] (printed
562-566): "Appendix. Of some material Laws, omitted to be inserted in the foregoing collection."; p. [366]
(printed 566): "Finis" and tail-piece.
Leaf measures: 8 x 5^ inches. Type page, p. 12: 166 x 92 mm.
For discussion of the work, see foregoing narrative.
Proposals for subscriptions published first in Maryland Gazette for June i, 1758. On Jan. 4, 1759, in the same
newspaper, Bissett thanks his subscribers for their generous response and announces early publication. It was
advertised as "just published" in Maryland GazettCy June 28, 1759, "in large octavo."
MdHS. MDioc. HSP. NYPL. NTTBA. and in many other law and reference libraries.
216. IVIaryland, Province of. Votes and Proceedings | of the | Lower House of Assembly
I of the I Province of IVIaryland.] {11 November-23 December, 1758). Annapolis:] Printed
and Sold by Jonas Green, mdcclix.]
*4to. E-N^, [O]^; 19 leaves; pp. [i7]-53, [54]: text, with head-piece, heading as above, session heading of six
lines and running heads; last leaf (O2, pp. 55-56) lacking, but doubtless blank.
Leaf measures: 9-^x7^ inches. Type page, p. 18: 184X 143 mm.
Pagination and signatures continuous with those of the V. & P. of Oct. 1758.
MdHS. MDSL. Pleasants. HU.
217. — Votes and Proceedings | of the ] Lower House of Assembly ] of the | Province of
Maryland.] (4 April-17 April 1759.) [Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.
MDCCLIX.]
*Sm. 4to. P-T^; 10 leaves; pages [571-76: text, with head-piece, heading as above and session heading of six
lines; p. 76: colophon.
Leaf measures: %\ x 6f inches. Type page, p. 58: 181 x 143 mm.
There were no Acts passed at this convention of Assembly. Pagination and signatures of V. & P. continuous
since Oct. 1758.
MDSL. HU.
218. The ] Maryland Gazette,] Containing the freshest Advices foreign and domestic]
(Jan. 4-Dec. 27, 1759, Nos. 713-764.) [Colophon, same as in Nos. 703-712 in 1758].
14x9 inches; 2 leaves each number, except Nos. 714-71 5, 717 and 764, which have one each; three columns.
MDSL. (complete.) MdHS. (complete.)
1760
219. Maryland, Province of. Acts ] of the Province of ] Maryland,] made and passed ]
at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at ] the City of Annapolis, on Saturday the
Twen-] ty-second Day of March, in the Ninth Year ] of the Dominion of the Right Hon-
ourable ] Frederick, Lord Baron of Baltimore,] Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Prov-
inces ] of Maryland and Avalon, &c. Annoque Domini ] 1760.] [Baltimore arms] Published
by Authority.) Annapolis:] Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province, 1760.]
Sm. fol. [A]', B'; 3 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-6; p. [i]: title; pp. 3-6: text, with running heads; p. 6: contents.
Leaf measures: iifjx 7J inches. Type page, p. 4: 255 x 124 mm.
MdHS. MDioc. HLS.
[21a]
'Maryland Imprints of the Qolonial Period, idSg-f/jd
220. — Acts I of the Province of | Maryland,! made and passed | at a Session of Assembly,
begun and held | at the City of Annapolis, on Friday the Twenty | Sixth Day of Septem-
ber, in the Tenth Year of | the Dominion of the Right Honourable Frede-| rick. Lord
Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord | and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland | and
Avalon, &c. Annoque Domini 1760.I [Baltimore arms] Published by Authority.] Annapo-
lis:! Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province; and are to be | Sold at his Printing-
OiEce in Charles-Street. 1760.!
Sm. fol. [A]', B^, C; 4 leaves; pages [1-2], 3-8; p. [i]; title; pp. 3-8: text, with running heads; p. 8: contents.
Leaf measures: 11^^x7^ inches. Type page, p. 4: 253 x 122 mm.
MdHS. MDioc. HLS.
221. — At a Session of Assembly, began [sic] \ at the City of Annapolis, on the 22d ! Day
of March, 1760, which conti-j nued until the nth Day of April, it ! was Ordered by the
Honourable the | Lower House, That the following ! Three Bills which did not Pass in-! to
Laws, with the Amendments pro-! posed to the first by the Lower House,! ^^id Message
sent with the second,! should be Printed, and sent to the se-| veral Counties in this Prov-
ince.! [Colophon:] Annapolis:! Printed by Jonas Green, Printer to the Province.] m.dcc.lx.|
Sm. fol. A-0^, P^; 29 leaves; pages 1-58; pp. 1-5: "An Act for Naturalization"; pp. 5-n: "An Act to continue
the several Taxes ... for granting a Supply of Forty Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, . . ."; pp.
u-58: "An Act for granting a Supply of Sixty Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service,. . .";p. 58: colophon.
Leaf measures : 1 1 J x 7 inches. Type page, p. 2 ; 227 x ill mm.
MDSL.
222. — By his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor ! and Commander in Chief in
and over the Province of ! Maryland.] A Brief.] It having been represented to me, by his
Majesty's Governor of the Massachusetts-! Bay in New-England, that on the 20th of
March last, a Fire broke out in ! the Town of Boston, . . . Given at the City of Annapolis,
the Sixth Day of May, in the Tenth Year of his ] Lordship's Dominion, and in the Year of
our Lord Christ, 1760.] [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green. 1760.]
Broadside. 15 x 12^ inches.
This broadside, testimony to close Intercolonial relations, was distributed widely throughout the Province,
and the collections for the homeless fire sufferers of Boston made theresponsibility of the clergy of all denomina-
tions. The Maryland Historical Society has more than a hundred copies of the broadside, many of them bearing,
either on separate sheets attached or on the backs, the names of the persons who contributed to the fund, in
many cases with the amounts contributed by each person or the total subscription of the parish.
MdHS. MDioc.
223. — [Baltimore arms] By His Excellency | Horatio Sharpe, Esq;] Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the ] Province of Maryland.] A Proclamation.] . . . Given
at Annapolis, this Day of ] in the Year of his Lordship's Dominion,
Annoque ] Domini 176 ] Signed per Order,] [Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green.
1760-1768.]
Broadside. Approximately loj x 71 inches.
Form for prorogation of Maryland Assembly, with blank space for dates. The copy described here is dated
Jan. 4, 1768.
MdHS.
224. — Votes and Proceedings ] of the ! Lower House of Assembly j of the ! Province of
Maryland.! (22 March-ii April, 1760.) [Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonas
Green, Printer to the Province, 1760.!
[213 J
>od ihtta feiied opon ibc Emperor, Pdoec
Ceoige of HoIItein Coiiorp, upon ibe fiift Alirm, pude
fome Reftftincc at the Head of hri Rc|imeni, but oo bii
leceivinga violent Wound oatbc Hud with ■ Sibie, be
wattikcB PrirentT.- '. . ■
yatf It. Tbe pfincipil CircomfliAcn ibit •ItcnM ibc
bie exiTiordinarj RetwlBiion ire ii follow : ,
The Emperor hid bcea for feveial Daji it hii.Comirr
&c» at Otinjcbiom, and the Einprefi at another, called
PalefAiirr. On the q(b loftint, at fii in the Moinie|, Ihe
Emptefi arrived in ihii Ciif, and i m medial el « lepaiicd lo
the Palace j where, il'ier afTimbliaB the Guatdi, Ae defiird
them ')• fuppon her J and the; accoidin|l]r Proclaimid bei
Erapiafi -if all the RnlTuif at tbe Ciaie Tioc dctlariog tha
Emperor, Paie» tike '^'hird,' to ha depoTed. ■ .
Afici tliii Pioelamaiioit wu made, ^tiii| «hicb Time
the Gaid of lb« Cily "m'ttt kept (hot, the new Sovcuiln
went to the Church of Kafaolkir, whetc, aficr Di*ine Scrriee,
all the Crindeci of the Empire took the Oaih of Fidelii j i»
her { to irhom Ibe dccUted, thai Ihe bad lakact tbe Reioi oi
Civeioincai purely for the good of iha Counir*. At the
BtpnniBt of ihcrcCetcmooica.ia orda to prtvem DiHurbanrci,
ber lapeiial MlJiH; Tbouthtpioper to (ecuiethe Ptifunttf
Piinec Ceote of Holfiein.
Oibrt nttxlUtj PtccauiioDt being taken, lh« Empiefi, j
drtircd in tfafcUnifaim of Iha Cuardi, and weaiin|;,B blue
Rjbbi>n, mounted her Hoife,- and put heiblf at the Head ot
got iDpMX) Men, and rmicbed lo Oianjcbann, bui ibe
femwfor •""«'!>«'*- Thai P.lw»p....i«".l^— *-» '
PoAiIatbeMoantaJinof Bofaenii, Wii about 3000 tntat
In Killed, Defenen and Prironeri. The latter amount t»
opwarda of looa, and amoofft them are 13 Oilicen. Wp
have alfo taken ta. Piece* of Cannon. Our Lofi, when it
ii confiiJered that the EDc'mjr had ibe Advantage of Cround,.
and our Troopi bad ibe noft difficult Fiflet to get th)Oa(t^
map be reckoned inconftderablc.-, it doei not emooot I*
600 Men, inc(udtD| the Killed, Wounded, and Miffing.
Patrjbarib, JmIj 7. 0. 5. Thia Di| a Declaratieo wai
Euhlilbed here hj the Empiefa, ginog an Account of ibe
Iccole of the late Emperor Peter tbe Third.
L O H D O N, Aopfil.
Wedocfdajr 9 Cartel Ship artived al Ponfmeatb, villi tli«
Cariiron of St, John'a in Newfooodland on board.
Lciicra from BooHeaox, bv Ycflcrdaji'i Flanderi Mail,.
idvife, that (everal Sbtpi which waie in tbe Harbour are ta-
ken op far Triorponi, to carry a Number of Tioopt for
Hewtoundlind, a gieat Part of which were already embark*
td. Thcv are to te ceavoyed by-three Ueo of War.
By a Letter from a Centkmaa at Oporto, which caine
by Yffler'day'a Lilboo- Mail, we ara lofonncd that everf
I'binf wai vary ^aiat then t and fioei the Arrival of ear
TriMpt at that PIsu, all Peaif of lb« Spaoiatda were aotier*
ly rahrided.
A»i»fi. 10. liti'uihjlbe
M4«VLAHa/JOURNtL, tOd
JlALTlMOtt AovFtrriGit, & long expe/led, bathnol
btfwt made ill Appearanet. Tbh, i flatter nijfeif,
tuill be eonfidered an ample Apclogj, iniie Mirtili qflbe
Candid, for ibe long Delaj in publijbuiB it .—Manj Gen-
tiemem, l»v>ever, tneouragitig me to hope for a catfjider-
able/tddilin to Htj LyI a^ubfcriberi, I novi venture to
ftnd tht fiift fi'amber aitvadi amd lubi/e IJbJicit ibr
further Eaeaaragmpnt of the Public, i bmmblj ifffeai
a eamdid RntpttvB for thii Beginning, luhich, I am
jitffiblt, mafi appear attder many Dffadvantastt, at I
I lope tiej loill dif^tnfi vuilh a perfynal Application,
vibieb inert it |,]i5..
. am ihe Pnbl _ _
Devoted bamble Servant,
PtiMTiHC-Orptci, Bal-
TiMOKt, AnguA io>
tin-
Vf. CODDARD.
A Utter from ibi Bifbop e/C. to the Earl of HSU-
moni* an bit lair duel nBitb Lord TswolhcDd.
My L O R Dt
VOL. I.
Plate Xld. See page xiv.
D U N L A P'l
purchafe the Roed ophnm of the vorld. thoaoh at the
abfolate enfmet of our own. ftff baJfp ifaanks to \\m
nitrcy (if God, did no mifcIiicF; mv aotaDonilt*! v\s
more eftefVuat : I teecired a wou^d To at to be in a (bte
of ihe gieateft dinger for three raoAiht; and, in left
than iweife, faw the father ahom I reverenced, and the
womao whom I adored, carrird lo the grave, in omfe-
^aence of w)iat thay [uSeied daring the alHiAing ioter*
■valormycure. Oh, my Lord, the (corn of a thou(?nd
■worldi would have beea elTlium to what I (elt on lAac
dieadful occahoD ! How oltAi did I w>(h chat natore
bad formed mc wiiH'a dirpofition the mofVdMlUrdly ihae
ever fell lo the lot of h^r meaoel! Tons ! It 1 flew to
rcafoa (or etiinfort, (he told me that I had defpifed her
beft adrice ; \i I turned to religion, Ibe b:d me remem-
ber bow 1 had trampled pcared tviih a gleam ol J'ceming coofola-
lioB ; flte told me that I baaaaed as became a man of
hoaoar, and had fpirticdiy demanded faiblaflicn for aa
ucpirdonable aJFrnor. h wai irae, I had drmandii
fatisfitdiDn^ yet what fatiaia&OB had I reuivtd^ If
I was ginjly t'llulted at firft, 1 wai now ii reorfrably in-
jured, and clcaily law, ihat, rhncgh I might have be-
NUM^ I.
MARYLAND GAZETTE;
OR THE
BALTIMORE GENERAL ADVERTISER.
TUESDAY. MAY*,
>775-
t/ Cafl. tirtUf, ami/ed at Pbimdtlpbia from Bri/lil^
■ vMiavt Ibe fillfwiag ntiUigenn.
FLORENCE, FutoAtvig.
ir«q^V«>1^N Ttiefday 1/ft Cardinal Brafchi
J, "tJt ± wM onanimoifjy eleflcd Pope.
"ij^^V^ He waa born a' Cefena, near Ra-
3*3 ^ 5d?f '«""■• "* tlaRomaipU! » 58
m^^atJ^ year* of ane ; wa* created Cardr-
r.*A?iaf3 "• bytSe latPop*, to thcyc=(
• ••TM*^-*" 1773 J ana /•on after ■ppoinied
Treifurer tothe f" pnflo'ic Chaober. He has now
•ffumedlbeoancofPioiVI.
f, O N DON, '■B«rftBV }.
"a lelierfrt'mT.egHohi, Janiiir'3, fay*, •' Wtlearn
from the ICtfOl^yirii*. i»t« * '©« 'crribk eahh-
hu been injured by the operaiioni of Parliament —
Second, forrcicingredrcfi from them aiiheJieredi-
tary guardnns of the natien And taftly praying
the petiiioncrs miy be heard by coiDifsl at the bar of
tJie Houfe, prcvio'js 10 their Lordlhips having any
conference with the Moule of Coididoiu on that
fubjcA."
This petition, after being read thrct linlei, wai
bnaiiimaufly approved of. P motioa urn then made^i
that it Ihojld lie Tor CjniJg from fouf o'clock ihit
evenini; till nine the fame ni^ht, and from nine
o'clock this mortiinp, till eleven in the forenoon. Afti.r
whicli followed another, " ihat it Oiould be prefented
to day IE foonat ilie Houfe of Lordi (hould fit."
Both thcfe moiiom were liiewifenfiunimoully ap-
proved of.
ban. 10. P-n emine* Qu_al(er at tje rr.eetiin cf
the merchants, decided, 'howpvcr itghtly and co»-
Fft. 14. An aiiKmentation of sod men « eaA
of the battallibni of foqi upon the Ei^lilh cflabGib-
menl ii 10 be forthwith m«dc.
There are at thislime, betwnn London-bridge anj
Lime-i>oij|e, nore than 303 velT h with brooms A
their maft-bead<, as a token they are for file.
Houia OF CoMMONi. FpR. i6k Eii ChxrW
WhhwoiiJi took the Chair bftheCdmraitie^-ofWay*
•nd Meanf for nlfini; the fiipp^y to bt ?nmH to his,
Majufly I ndrrflbrted thefollowins rrfoIit'OT) I
That the cloatjijos and pay of the milliii bad^
frayed out of the land u» (or the year 1775.
Lord Baninc;ton then moved, l^l -i fiim not ei.
cceding 67^7061 ?*• !<*• ^ granted for t!if year
* 1775* *" Ciuble hii Majefl y to aupm^v hit land tor>
cc) with 4,3^3 (Huu officers and Aon-comtvJKoncd
otnccr^i.vlidcd. Kii LsrdQiip prefr^ed bn regi-
on, with lbe\rin^-tM oecvSiy of the ^relei^f propof.
Plate XI^. See page xiv.
^7"7^ ^""^ without colophons. No. [78] is wrongly numbered "88" which is used
twice. No. 55 has "1774" instead of "1775" in last two running heads. No. 104 has at head of title: "This Paper
Compleats the Second Year." Pagination is frequently incorrect.
MdHS. has all issues except Nos. 57, 60, 64, 66, 80 and 100. Brigham, American Newspapers records scat-
tered issues in other libraries.
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lA History of Printing in Qolonial'J)fCaryland
363. [The New-England Primmer. Baltimore: Printed and sold at Enoch Story's Printing-
office in Gay-Street, near the old-Bridge. 1775.]
Evans, No. 14273. Heartman copied title from Evans but could not locate a copy of the book. Paul Leicester
Ford does not mention it.
364. To the Citizens of AnnapoUs.| January 11, 1775.I A Hand-Bill for the most infernal
and dastardly purpose, of glutting pri-| vate revenge with the sacrifice of a few individuals,
is now industriously cir-| culating in a particular part of this county. . . . [signed,] A Citi-
zen. | [Annapolis: Printed by Anne Catharine Green and Son. 1775.]
Broadside. 6^ x ']\ inches.
Principally of local interest. See below. No. 2^S-
LC. MdHS.
365. To the Citizens of Annapolis.] Jan. 13, 1775. | Gentlemen,! You have been particularly
addressed, by a writer, under the signature of | "A Citizen", on the subject of my hand bill
to the inhabitants of this | county, . . . [signed,] An American.] [Annapolis: Printed by
Anne Catharine Green and Son. 1775.]
Single leaf, printed both sides. ijH X9^ inches. Type page, p. [i], including heading: 294 x 164 mm.
A reply to "A Citizen." See preceding entry. Deals with local affairs and the appointment of suitable Revo-
lutionary Committees.
LC. (Ms. Div.)
366. To Walter Tolley, Benjamin Nicholson, John Moale, Robert | Alexander, and Jere-
miah Townley Chase, Esqrs.| Gentlemen,] Waving [sic] all useless apology for this Address,
we think it incumbent on | us, as freemen of Baltimore county, freely to give you our senti-
ments ] on the conduct which we wish you to pursue at the ensuing Conventi-] on, of Mary-
land. . . . [Baltimore: Printed by Mary K. Goddard. 1775.]
Broadside. 12^ x 13 if inches; two columns.
MdHS.
367. United Colonies or North America. Rules and Articles, for the better Government
of the Troops raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay ] by and at the joint Expence of the
Twelve United English Colonies of North-America.] . . . [signed,] By Order of the Con-
gress,] John Hancock, President.] Philadelphia, June 30, 1775.] ^ '^™^ '^°VY fr°"i *^s Min-
utes,] Charles Thompson, Secretary.] [Baltimore: Printed by John Dunlap. 1775.]
Single sheet, printed both sides. 17 x loj inches.
A copy of this sheet is bound between the issues of Nov. 7 and 14, lyy $ of Dunlap's Maryland Gazelte,vol. 1
in the MdHS., which has a loose copy also. See Ford, "Bibliographical Notes," Nos. 50, 68-70, 127-130.
MdHS.
368. Williamsburg, October 26.] Whereas Lord Dunmore, not contented ] with having in-
volved the aflFairs of this Colony ] in extreme confusion . . . Baltimore, Printed by John
Dunlap.] [1775.]
Broadside. lol x 7 J inches.
An order of the Committee of Safety of Virginia, signed "John Pendleton, junior, Clerk," forbidding persons
to pass to or from Norfolk during Dunmore's operations against it in 1775. Contains also an account headed,
"To the Printer," of a small action at Hampton against the besieging ships by troops on shore. It was during this
attack by Dunmore that the printing office of John Holt was dismantled by his Lordship's orders. See Isaiah
Thomas, ffij/oryo/'i'r/B/jn^iB/^ffjeriVa, and "John Holt, Printer and Postmaster" by Victor H. Paltsits in the
Bulletin of the New York Public Library for Sept. 20, 1920.
MdHS. (in v. i, Bunlap's Maryland Gazette.)
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References in this Index preceded by "No." are to the entries in the bibliographical portion of the work. All
other references are to pages in the narrative portion. The letter "n" after a number indicates that the reference
is to a footnote on the page in question.
Abridgement and Collection of the Acts of
Assembly of the Province of Maryland, by
James Bisset, loa, 103, 10311; No. 215.
Abridgement of the Laws in Force and Use in
Her Majesty's Plantations (1704), 25, 26;
No. 10.
Acadians in Maryland, 96.
An Account Shewing the Progress of the Col-
ony of Georgia, No. 106.
"Act Ascertaining the Laws of this Prov-
ince" (1699), see "Ascertaining Act"
"Act for Repealing certaine Laws in this
Province and Confirmeing others," see
"Confirming Act" (1700).
Acts of Assembly of the Province of Mary-
land, see Maryland, Session Laws of.
Adams, Samuel, i38n.
Address and Resolves of the Lower House of
Assembly of Maryland (1722), 56, 57n;
No. 32.
Address of the Representatives (1689), 6-8;
No. I.
Advertisement, Nos. 36a, 99, 109, 178, 278.
Aikenhead, Catherine (Hasselbach), ii2n.
Aikenhead, George, ii2n.
All Saints Parish, Frederick County, Mary-
land, 96n, 97.
All the Laws of Maryland Now in Force
(1707), 28-33; No. 17.
Allen, Bennet (the Rev.), 9in, 96n, ii3n;
Nos. 278, 279, 295.
Allen, C. T)., American Book-plates, cited 89.
Allen, Ethan (the Rev.), Historical Notices
of St. Ann's Parish, cited, 4in; List of
fVorks by Maryland Clergymen (ms.)
cited, I4n; article in Sprague's Annals
(Epis.), cited, gSn.
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Almanacs, Warner, John (1729), No. 48;
(1730), No. 58; (1731), No. 69; Grew,
Theophilus (1733), No. 75; (1734), No.
82; (1735), No. 86; Maryland Almanack
1751, No. 144; (1752), No. 155; (1753),
No. 161; (1754), No. 174; (1756), No.
193; (1757). No. 194; (1758), No. 201;
(1759), No. 214; (1761), No. 226; (1762),
No. 232; (1763), No. 241; (1764), No.
246; (1765), No. 252; (1767), No. 275a;
(1768), No. 276; (1769), No. 283; (1770),
No. 292; (1771), No. 301; Cockburn, Poor
Robert Improved (ij'j2). No. 303; Mary-
land Almanack (ijjj). No. 314; (1776),
No. 361.
An Seine Excellenz Horatio Scharpe, Esqueir,
No. 287.
Anderson Galleries, New York, 35n.
Angell, Abigail, see Goddard, Abigail (An-
gell).
Angell, Avery F., Genealogy of the Descend-
ants of Thomas Angell, cited, i42n.
Angell, James, 142, i42n.
Annapolis, Maryland, 60, 75, 1 1 8 ; Bye-Laws
and Charter of, Nos. 146, 291 and 292;
Post Office in, I34n; Printing in, proba-
ble establishment of, by Dinah Nuthead
(1696), 12-15; Bladen-Reading press, 17-
26; Reading press, 27-37; Zenger's press,
49-53; Michael Piper's abortive press, 53-
54; the Parks press, 59-74; the Green
press, 75-94; James Hayes's press, 117,
118.
Anne by the Grace of God, etc., (court sum-
mons). No. 8.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, orders revi-
sion of laws (1703), 29; orders second revi-
sion (171 5), 42, 45-
INT)EX
Anno Regni Georgiilll (Stamp Act) , No. 259.
"Answer" of the Assembly to Governor's
"Speech" of 1708, printed, 35; No. 21.
Answer to the Queries on the Proprietary Gov-
ernment of Maryland, No. 248.
Archives of Maryland, no; cited in foot-
notes passim.
Armbruester, Anthony, 112, 115.
Arms of Maryland, Cut of, for Bacon's Laws,
asked for by Sharpe, 107 ; engraved by
Thomas Sparrow, 109; another cut of, on
title-page of Session Laws of 1765, 109.
Arnold, S. G., History of the State of Rhode
Island, cited, i2in.
Articles of Capitulation (Montreal 1775),
No. 344.
"Ascertaining Act" (1699), 23, 29.
"Ashby," Talbot County, Maryland, 3in.
Assembly of Maryland, passim; publica-
tions of, see Maryland, Assembly Docu-
ments; Maryland, Compiled Laws of;
Maryland, Session Laws of; Maryland,
Votes and Proceedings of.
The Assembly's Answer to his Excellency's
Speech (1708), 35; No. 21.
Association of the Freemen of Maryland
(ills). No. 359.
At a full Meeting of the Inhabitants of Anne-
Arundel County {iyjs)> No. 343.
At a General Meeting of the Freeholders
(1774), No. 324.
At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the City of
Annapolis (1774), No. 325.
Bache, Richard, 134.
Bacon, Sir Anthony, 107.
Bacon, Elizabeth (Bozman), 96, 97.
Bacon, (John.?), son of Thomas Bacon, 97.
Bacon, Nathaniel, Rebellion of, versified by
E. Cooke, 68 ; see also The Maryland Muse,
No. 70.
Bacon, Thomas (the Rev.), 25n, 30, 31, 3in,
43, 63; birth (1700), 95; work on the Rev-
enue of Ireland, 95, 95n, 97; ordination
and emigration to Talbot County, Mary-
land, 96; character and characteristics,
96, 96n; second marriage and its unfortu-
nate circumstances, 96; other troubles, 97;
receives honorary office from Lord Balti-
more, 97; becomes rector of All Saints
Parish, Frederick County, 97; death ( 1 768)
and obituary, 97 ; beginning of work on
the Laws of Maryland, 98; despondency,
99; progress and completion of his work,
99-110; Nos. 163, 254.
Bacon's Laws of Maryland at Large, 25, 30,
45,46, 5on,63, 79,82, 84, 89; 95-1 io;sketch
of compiler, 95-98; beginning of the work
as an abridgement, 98-99; determination
to make a complete body of laws, 99; po-
litical objections to its publication, 99-
100; its legislative adventures, 100-102;
Gov. Horatio Sharpe's plan for its publi-
cation, 103-105; terms of subscription,
cost, etc., 104, I05n; the plan of the work,
105-106; its completion, 106; its printing
by Jonas Green, 107-110; transmittal to
the Board of Trade, 109; a description of
the finished work, 109-1 10; title-page re-
produced, 108; date of publication ques-
tioned, 109-110; its value from various
standpoints, no; a typographical monu-
ment of the colonial American press, no.
Bailey, Francis, of Lancaster,Pennsylvania,
ii2n, 1 14.
Baldwin, E. H., Joseph Galloway, the Loyal-
ist Politician, i25n, i27n.
Baltimore, Charles Ca\w&[t,jrd Lord, 8.
Baltimore, Charles Calvert,5/A Lord, 45, 46,
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, 6thLord, I02n,
103-105, io5n.
Baltimore, Maryland, Description of (1764)
III; first press in (1765), 1 1 l-l 14; first im-
print. No. 26a; other presses, 114-118;
William Goddard (1773) establishes press
and first newspaper, 128-129; Post Office
in, 133; press riots in, during Revolution,
1357140.
Bartgis, Matthias, printer of Frederick, Ma-
ryland, 146.
Baskett, John, London printer, 46.
Bass, J. L., "Flint Genealogy," cited, 77n.
Beale, John, 41, 62.
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Becker, Elizabeth, see Curzon, Elizabeth
(Becker).
Beckett, William (the Rev.), No. 49.
Bennett, Richard, No. 165.
Berkeley,SirWilliam,GovernorofVirginia,i.
Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu, cited,
148.
Birrell, Augustine, cited, 99.
Bissett, James, Abridgement of the Laws of
Maryland, 102, 103, io3n; No. 215.
Bladen family, ign.
Bladen, Anne, 19.
Bladen, Anne (Van Swearingen), 19.
Bladen, Thomas, Governor of Maryland, 19.
Bladen, William, 1 1 ; 17-27; services to Prov-
ince, 18-19, 23; proposes to establish press,
18; brings in a printer, Thomas Reading,
19; begins to operate press, 21; Assembly
encourages him by ordinance, 21 ; the ear-
ly work of his press, 21, 22; authorized
to print compiled laws, 22, 23; ordered to
correct mistakes in printing laws, 24; ded-
ication of, to, 24; retires from publishing
business, 26; mentioned, 29, 36, 54n; pos-
sibility that session laws were printed by,
36; death and inventory of estate, 37.
Bladen-Reading press, see Bladen, William,
and also Reading, Thomas.
Board of Trade and Plantations, i, 2, 7, 8,
19, 29n, 45, 104, 107, 109.
Bohemia Manor, Maryland, 55.
Bonnet, Captain Stede, 47n.
Bookbinding in Maryland, 71, 87n.
Bookselling in Maryland, Evan Jones, 22,
40; William Parks, 71; William Rind, 85;
William Goddard and Eleazer Oswald,
138; Mary K. Goddard, 144, 145.
Bordley, John, 25n.
Bordley, Stephen, I05n.
Bordley, Thomas, 29n, 41, 44, 56, 57, 57n,
58, 59-
Bozman, Elizabeth, see Bacon, Elizabeth
(Bozman).
Bradford, Andrew, 22y 39. 4^, 43". 44, 45.
49. 55. 56, 57, 59, 63. 71, 75. 102.
Bradford, Major John, 40.
Bradford, Mary, see Jones, Mary (Bradford) .
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Bradford, William, printer of Philadelphia
and New York, 28, 49, 52, 52n.
Bradford, William, printer of Philadelphia
(grandson of preceding), 102, 124.
Bradley, Robert, 34.
Bray, Thomas (the Rev.), Necessity of an
Early Religion, 20, 21, 22; No. 5.
Brice, John, I05n, 106; No. 176.
The Brig Peggy Stewart, Captain Jackson,
from London (1774), No. 323.
Brigham, C. S., Bibliography of American
Newspapers, i6go-i820, cited, 7on; 84n;
93", 117"-.
Brogden, William (the Rev.), Freedom and
Love, Son; No. 140; Popish Zeal Inconven-
ient to Mankind, No. 177.
Brotherly Love explain' d and enforc'd, by the
Rev. John Gordon, No. 141.
Brown, John Carter, i2in.
Bruce, P. A., Institutional History of Virginia
in the iph Century, cited, 3n.
Buchanan, John, 109.
Buckingham, J. T., Specimens of Newspaper
Literature, cited, I23n.
Buckner, John, 1-3.
Burlington, N.J., 123.
By Command of the King of Kings, No. 326.
By his Excellency. Proclamation, (i76o),No.
222; (1760-1768), No. 223; (1763), No.
245; (1771), No. 307.
By the King. A Proclamation Declaring the
Cessation of Arms, No. 244.
Bye-Laws of the City of Annapolis, Nos. 146,
291 and 292.
"The Bystander" see Alien, Bennet.
"C. D." see Dulany, Walter.
Calhoun,James,MayorofBaltimore,i39,i40.
"Callister Letters," cited, 96n.
Calvert, Benedict, I05n; No. 178.
Calvert, Benedict Leonard, Governor of
Maryland, 62, 65, 65n.
Calvert, Cecilius, secretary to Lord Balti-
more, 102, 103, 104, 107, 109.
Calvert, Charles, Governor of Maryland,
44, 62; The Speech of His Excellency Coll.
Charles Calvert, No. 29.
INT)EX
Calvert, Charles, Lord Baltimore, see Balti-
more, Charles Calvert, jn/ znd 5th Lords.
Calvert, Frederick, Lord Baltimore, see Bal-
timore, Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord.
Calvert Papers, cited, io2n.
Camm, John (the Rev.), A Single and Dis-
tinct View of the Act, Vulgarly Entitled, the
Two-Penny Act, title-page of, reproduced,
86; referred to, 87; No. 243.
Campbell, B. U., cited, 147.
Carmen Seculare, by Richard Lewis, 67; No.
76.
Carroll, Charles, of Annapolis, I05n.
Carroll, Charles, barrister, io5n.
Carroll, Hugh F., Printers and Printing in
Providence, iy62-igoy, cited, 12 in.
Carroll, James, 6on.
Carter, John, I2in.
Carvile, Robert, 13.
The Case between Philip Hammond and the
late Vachel Denton, Stated, by John Brice,
No. 176.
The Case of the Clergy of Maryland, by the
Rev. Jacob Henderson, No. 61.
Catechism, Church of England, No. 57.
Catechism in the Indian dialect, by Father
Andrew White, 147-149.
"Caveto," see Chase, Samuel.
Chamberlaine, Samuel, i05n.
Charity Working School, Talbot County,
Maryland, established by ThomasBacon,
96.
The Charter of Maryland, together with the
Debates and Proceedings, (1725) 59; No.
22; Charter (1751), No. 152; Charter and
Laws (1754-1758), No. 207; Charter
(1765), No. 254.
Chase, Samuel, I36n, 137; To the Public, No.
263.
Chestertown, Maryland, 50-53.
Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, ii2n.
Chilton, Mrs., 128.
Christie, James, Jr., Nos. 347 and 348.
Church of England-Man' s Private Devotions,
No. 59.
Church of England in Maryland, 39; Nos.
6, 30, 61, 6in, 295.
Clapham, John, 76n, 9in, ii3n.
Clapham, Rebecca (Green), 76n.
Clarke, Richard H., cited, 147.
Cockburn, Robert, No. 303.
Cockshutt, Thomas (the Rev.), 28n; Ser-
mon, No. II.
Collection of all the Laws of this Province, re-
lating to the Inspection of Tobacco, 1747-
/750, No. 153.
A Collection of the Governor's Several Speeches,
79; No. 94.
Compass, variation of. Bill concerning the.
No. 304.
A Compleat Collection of the Laws of Mary-
land (1727), No. 38.
A Compleat System of the Revenue of Ireland,
by the Rev. Thomas Bacon, 95, 95n, 96n.
Coney, Peregrine (the Rev.), 10, 14; Ser-
mons, Nos. 3 and 4.
"Confirming Act" (1700), 23, 24, 29.
Connecticut Gazette, 120.
Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing
Taxes in the British Colonies, by Daniel
Dulany, Jr., Nos. 255-258.
Constitution and Form of Government Pro-
posed for Maryland (1776), No. 373.
The Constitutional Courant, 123, I23n.
Constitutional Post Office, see Post Office,
Constitutional.
Continental Congress, Extracts from the
Votes and Proceedings of (1774), Nos.336
and 337.
The Contract, by a Buckskin, No. 296.
Coode, John, 4, 7, 8, 10.
Cooke, Ebenezer, 65, 67-68, 70; History of
Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion in Vir-
ginia, 68; No. 70; The Sot-weed Factor; or,
a Voyage to Maryland, 67, 68n; No. 70;
Sotweed Redivivus, No. 60.
Copley, Sir Lionel, Governor of Maryland,
i8n.
Cowan, James, printer, 146.
Cradock, Thomas (the Rev.), Nos. 122, 189.
Culpeper, Thomas, Lord, i.
Cummings, Archibald (the Rev.), No. 50.
Curson, see Curzon.
Curtis, Michael, No. 124.
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Curzon, Elizabeth (Becker), 52.
Curzon, Richard, 52.
"D., C." see Dulany, Walter.
Darnall, Henry, 8, 9; No. 51.
Daye, Matthew, 75, 76.
Daye, Stephen, 75.
"Debates and Proceedings" (1725), see The
Charter of Maryland, together with the De-
bates and Proceedings (1725).
The Declaration and Charter of Rights (Mary-
land, 1776), No. 374.
Declaration of Independence, No. 392.
A Declaration of Rights and Constitution
Agreed to by the Delegates of Maryland
{iT]6), No. 375.
The Declaration of Rights and Constitution
Established by the Convention of Maryland
(1776), No. 376.
The Declaration of the Reasons and Motives
for the Present Appearing in Arms, 4, 5, 7,
8; No. 2.
Denton, Vachel, 62; No. 176.
The Deputy Commissary's Guide, by Elie
Vallette, No. 338.
"A Description of Maryland," by Richard
Lewis, 67n; No. 76n.
A Detection of the Conduct and Proceedings of
Messrs. Annan and Henderson, by John
Redick, No. 262.
Devitt, E. I. (the Rev.), cited, 147.
Devoran, Catherine, 14.
Devoran, Dinah (Nuthead), 14, 15, I5n.
Devoran, Manus, 14.
Dickinson, John, Letters from a Farmer, 125,
I25n.
Dorsett, James, I38n.
Dowig,Catherine (Hasselbach) (Aikenhead),
ii2n.
Dowig, George, 1 1 2n.
Dulany, Daniel, the elder, 57n, 63, 65; No.
Sin; The Right of the Inhabitants of Mary-
land to the Benefit of the English Laws, No.
42.
Dulany, Daniel, Jr., 87, 100, io5n; Consid-
erations on the Propriety of ImposingTaxes
in the British Colonies, title-page of, re-
C263]
produced, 78; Nos. 255-258; The Right to
the Tonnage, No. 265.
Dulany, Walter, 88, 91, 99n, io5n.
Dulany Papers, cited, 99, I05n.
Dunlap, John, printer, of Philadelphia and
Baltimore, 116-117.
Dunlap, William, printer, of Philadelphia,
116.
Dunlap' s Maryland Gazette: or the Baltimore
General Advertiser, 117; Nos. 349, 370.
The Duty both of Clergy and Laity to each
other, by the Rev. William Beckett, No.
49.
Duvall, Gabriel, 88n, 89.
Easton, Maryland, Printing in, 146.
Effingham, see Howard of Effingham, Lord
Francis.
Eliot, John (the Rev.), 75, 76.
Elkridge Paper Mill, 138, I38n.
Engraving in Maryland, 87-88.
An Essay on the Culture and Management of
Hemp, Nos. 350 and 351.
Evans, Charles, American Bibliography, 2n,
7on, 72n, 84, 84n, ii6n, I23n, i24n, i4in.
An Exhortation to the Clergy of Pennsylvania,
by the Rev. Archibald Cummings, N0.50.
An Explanation of the Feasts and Fasts, '^o. 59.
Extract of a letter from New York, dated Aug.
28, i-JlS, No. 371.
Extracts from the Essays of the Dublin Soci-
ety Relating to the Culture and Manufac-
ture of Flax, No. 135.
Extracts of private Letters from London {\11\)
No. 327.
The Farmer's Companion, by Abraham Mil-
ton, Nos. 234 and 235.
Fiddis, Preston, Anecdote related by, 114.
Fisher, Edward, 4.
Flax, Culture of. No. 135.
Fletcher, W. G. D. (the Rev.), cited, 74n.
Flint, Mary, mother of Jonas Green, 76.
Florus Anglo-Bavaricus, cited, 148.
Foley, H. J. (the Rev.), ed., Records of the
English Province of the Society of Jesus,
cited, 148.
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Ford, Paul Leicester, ed.. Journals of Hugh
Gaine, Printer, cited, 7111.
Forms, Official, Nos. 8, 131, 223, 264, 316,
372a, 377.
Fox, 12711.
Foxcroft, John, deputy postmaster general,
133, I34n.
Franklin, Benjamin, 52n, 54n, 73,75, 79, 82,
83. 103. 1231. iH. i2S> 126, i26n, i27n,
I29n, 130, 131, 134, I34n.
Franklin, Mrs. Benjamin, 124.
Franklin, Gov. William, of New Jersey, 123;
letters to Benjamin Franklin, 124, 131.
Franklin and Hall, printers, of Philadelphia,
123, 124.
"Franklin Papers," cited, I24n, I27n, 131,
131"-
Frederick, Maryland, 97, Printing in, 146;
Nos. 133, 134.
Freedom and Love, by the Rev. William Brog-
den. No. 140.
Freeholder, Letter from a. No. 37.
Fresh Intelligence. Baltimore, August 10
(1775), No. 352.
Gaine, Hugh, printer, 71.
Galloway, Benjamin, cited, i37n.
Galloway, Joseph, 123; partnership with
Goddard and Wharton, 124-127; God-
dard's attacks on, 126-127.
Galloway, Samuel, I05n.
General Gage's Account of the late Battle at
Boston (1775), No. 353.
Georgia, Trustees of. No. 106.
German printing in Maryland, 113, 114.
Gerrevink, L. Van, papermaker in Holland,
no.
Ghiselin, Reverdy, 106.
Gittings — "the Widow Gittins," married to
Thomas Reading (1705), 28.
Goddard, Abigail (Angell), I42n.
Goddard, Giles, 120, 129.
Goddard, Mary Katherine, 15, 116, 118,
ii9n, 121, i26n, 129, 130, 133, I33n, 135,
138, 140, 141, I4in; summary of her work
as printer and publisher, and as postmis-
tress of Baltimore, 144-146.
Goddard, Sarah (Updike), 15, 120, 121, lain.
Goddard, Sarah and Company, 121.
Goddard, William, printer and journalist,
112, ii2n, 114, 116, 118, 119-146; sources
of information concerning, iign, I2in;
patriot or loyalist in Revolution, 1 19-120,
125, 143; birth and ancestry, 120; appren-
ticed to James Parker and John Holt,
New Haven, 120; establishes first press
and newspaper in Providence, R. L, 120-
121; removes to New York, 122; prints
the Constitutional Courant, 123; removes
to Philadelphia and establishes the Penn-
sylvania Chronicle, 124; falls out with his
partners, 125-126; financial troubles and
failure of the Chronicle, 127; removes to
Baltimore (1773) and establishes Mary-
land Journal, 128-129; establishes Con-
stitutional Post Office, 129-134; becomes
Surveyor of the U. S. Post Office, 134; de-
falcation as postmaster of Providence,
I34n; petitions Congress for commission
in army, 134-135; returns to Baltimore,
135; defends the freedom of the Press,
135-136; the "Tom-Tell Truth" episode,
and the "Queries" of General CharlesLee,
136-140; conflicts with the Whig Club and
the Baltimore mob, 136-140; partnership
with Eleazer Oswald, 137-141 ; legacy from
General Charles Lee, 141; literary ex-
ecutor of General Lee, 141 n; resumes pub-
lication of Maryland Journal, 141; part-
nership with Edward Langworthy, 141;
with James Angell, 142; marriage, I42n;
farewell to Baltimore (1792), 142; retire-
ment to Johnston, R. L, 142; death there
(18 1 7), 143; summary of character and
achievements, 143.
"Goddard's Post Offices," 133, i33n; see also
Post Office, Constitutional.
Goldsborough, Robert, 3 in.
"Good Intent," Proceedings of committee
on. No. 299.
Gordon, John, Nos. 117, 141.
Gould, John, 51.
Gover, Samuel, 54.
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"Government and Judicature"of Maryland,
Debates on, 57; No. 23-
Governors' Speeches, see Maryland, Assem-
bly Documents.
Great Britain, Nos. 8, 147, 148, 244, 259,
354, 37^-.
Green family. Long connection of, with
American printing, 75-76, 94; Maryland
branch of, 76; children of Jonas and Anne
Catharine Green, 76; Anne Catharine
(2d), Augusta, Catherine, Deborah, Eliz-
abeth, Frederick, John, Jonas (two of the
name), Marie, Mary Rebecca, Samuel,
William, 76n, 77n.
Green, Abigail, see Rind, Abigail (Green).
Green, Anne Catharine (Hoof), 15; marries
Jonas Green, 76; their children, 76n; con-
tinues press after husband's death, 84;
employment of Thomas Sparrow, en-
graver, 89; address to the public, 90; ap-
pointment as public printer, 90-91; some
issues of her press, 91; controversy with
Parson Allen, 91 n; various firm names of
Anne Catharine Green and sons, 93; death
and obituary, 93; character, 93.
Green, Frederick, 76n, 93, 1 18.
Green, Jonas, 46, 75-94; ancestry, 75-76;
early life, 76; prints alone in Boston, 76;
prints in Philadelphia, 76; marries and
removes to Annapolis, 76; children, 76,
77n; date of coming to Maryland, 77; be-
comes public printer, 77; earliest Mary-
land imprints, 78-79; skill as printer, 79;
civic and social activities, 80-8 1 ; member-
ship in Tuesday Club, 81 ; establishes sec-
ond Maryland Gazette (1745), 82; letter
from, to Franklin, 82; his printing house,
8 in; conduct during the Stamp Act con-
troversy, 83; edition of Bacon's Laws of
Maryland, 84; partnership with William
Rind, 85; association with Thomas Spar-
row, engraver, 87-89; death, 84; widow
and sons, 90-94; proposes to issue body
of laws, 98n; printing equipment, 153;
acts for his encouragement and other ofB-
cial relations with the Assembly, 1 51-153;
mentioned, in connection with printing of
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Bacon's Laws of Maryland, 95, 107, 109,
no; Nos. 236, 237.
Green, Jonas, grandson of Jonas Green(ist),
93> 94-
Green, Mary (Flint), 76.
Green, Mrs. Nicholas Harwood, 82n.
Green, Samuel, printer, of Cambridge, Mass-
achusetts, 75, 76, 94.
Green, Samuel, son of Jonas, 77n, 93, 118.
Green, "Deacon" Timothy, father of Jonas,
76.
Green, Timothy, brother of Jonas, 76, 77n.
Green, WiUiam, 76n, 90, 9in. 93; No. 280.
Green and Rind, Publishers (1758-1766), 85.
Grove, — (shipowner), 109.
"H.J.,"^f^J.,H.
Hagerstown, Maryland, Printing in, 146.
Hall, David, printer, of Philadelphia, i24n.
Hall, Edmund, partner of William Parks,
70, 7on.
Hall, William, printer, of Philadelphia, 115.
Hamersly, Hugh, secretary to Lord Balti-
more, 109.
Hamilton, Dr. Alexander, of Annapolis, 76n ;
No. 109.
Hamilton, Andrew, 42n, 52n.
Hamilton's Itinerarium, -jSn.
Hammond, Philip, No. 176.
Hanrick — (ship captain), 109.
Harrison, S. A., History of Talbot Co., Mary-
land, cited, 98n.
Harrison, Thomas, 112.
Hart, John, Governor of Maryland, 42.
Hartford, Connecticut, Postal Service with
Boston, 131.
Harvey, Abigail, see Rind, Abigail (Green).
Harvey, Edward, No. 355.
Harwood, Mrs. Anne, 8 in.
Hasselbach, Catherine, wife of Nicholas Has-
selbach, 112, ii2n, 114.
Hasselbach, Nicholas, printer, of Philadel-
phia, Chestnut Hill and prototypographer
of Baltimore, II2; activities of his press,
1 12-1 14; single known Baltimore imprint,
I i3;questionable imprints, I I3-Ii4;death
112.
INDEX
Hasselbaugh, see Hasselbach.
Hayes, James, Jr., manages John Dunlap's
Baltimore office, 1 17; hnysDunlap' s Mary-
land Gazette and conducts it (1778-1779),
117; removes to Annapolis andstarts news-
paper, 117-1 18.
Hearne, Thomas (the Antiquary), 65; Col-
lections, cited, 65n; Diary, cited, 67n.
Hemp, Culture of, Nos, 350 and 351.
Henderson, Jacob (the Rev.), Nos. 61, 6in.
Henry, Patrick, 60.
Henry, Sarah (Shelton), 60.
Herbert, Stewart, printer, 146.
Herman, Ephraim, Copies of some Records
and Depositions Relating to Great Bohemia
Mannor lying on Bohemia River in Mary-
land, cited 55.
Hildeburn, C. S. R., A Century of Printing,
the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania,
168S-1784, cited, I an; Sketches of Printers
and Printing in Colonial New York, cited,
I in, 52n.
His Excellency's Speech (1708), 35; No. ao;
(1719), No. 24.
His Majesty's Most gracious Speech (JIIS),
No. 372.
The History of Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's Re-
bellion, by Ebenezer Cooke, No. 70.
Hodge, Robert, printer, of Baltimore and
New York, 115.
Hodge and Shober, 1 14-1 15; advertise print-
ing office in Baltimore, 115; failure and
removal to New York, 115.
Holdsworth, Edward, 65; No. 43.
Holt, John, printer, 120, 121, 122, 129, 133,
137". 138, 1381.
Honig, G. J., cited, iion.
Hoof, Anne Catharine, see Green, Anne
Catharine (Hoof).
Howard of Effingham, Lord Francis, 2, 3,
i8n.
Hubbart, Tuthill, cited, 131 n.
Hughes, T. A. (the Rev.), History of the So-
ciety of Jesus in North America, cited, ffn,
148.
Important Intelligence from St. John's (1775),
No. 357.
In Congress (Dec. 11, 1776), No. 386; (Dec.
23. 1776), No. 387; (Dec. 30, 1776), No.
388; (Dec.3i,i776),No.389; (July 4,1776),
No. 392.
Independence, Declaration of. No. 392.
Independent Gazetteer, published by Eleazer
Oswald (1782), 140.
Intelligence by Express LastNight(ijy §),'No.
346.
International Association of Antiquarian
Booksellers, Catalogue issued by (191 2),
731-
// appearing to Congress (1776), No. 388.
"J., H." addresses verses to Ebenezer Cooke,
68.
Jacques, Lancelot, i05n, 107, no.
James, Abel, i27n.
Jamestown, Virginia, Printing in, i, 2.
Jefferson, Thomas, 85, 87.
Jesuit Press of St. Mary's City, Maryland,
147, 148, 149.
Johnson, Thomas, Governor of Maryland,
losn, 139, 140.
Johnston, Christopher, cited, ign.
"Join or die," motto used by Franklin, God-
dard and Isaiah Thomas, 123, I23n.
Jones, Evan, publishes Bray Sermon(i7oo),
22; services to the Province, 40-41 ; peti-
tion to print compiled laws granted(i7i8),
41 ; printed by Andrew Bradford, 42; im-
portance of this compilation, 42; Jones's
"Preface," 42; publishes session laws
(1719), 43; authorized to print tobacco
laws (1721/22), 44; acts as provincial pub-
lication agent, 44; death (1722), 41, 44;
mentioned 51, 63.
Jones, Evan, Jr., 40n.
Jones, John, 40n.
Jones, Hugh (the Rev.), No. 113.
Jones, Mary (Bradford), 4on.
Jones, S., The Most Important Question,
What is Truth, cited, 74n.
Joppa, Maryland, Petition to remove court
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house from, to Baltimore, 113-114; Nos.
285-287.
Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the
Lower House of Assembly of Maryland, see
Maryland, Votes and Proceedings of.
Journals of the Continental Congress (Ford,
ed.), cited, ijjn.
Junta, (political organization), 125.
A Just and Impartial Account, by Henry
Darnall, No. 51.
Keimer, Samuel, 54n.
Keith, George, mission in Maryland; 27,28;
Journal, Tjn; Power of the Gospel in the
Conversion of Sinners, 27; No. 9.
Kent County, Maryland, 50, 51.
Kimball, S. G., Providence in Colonial Times,
cited, I2in.
King William's School, Annapolis, Mary-
land, 54.
Kneeland & Green, printers, of Boston, 76.
Koch, Mr., papermaker in Pennsylvania,
Langworthy, Edward, 1 41, I4in; Memoirs
of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esquire,
cited, 141 n.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 9.
Laws of Maryland, see Maryland, Compiled
Laws of, also Maryland, Session Laws of.
Laws of Maryland at Large, by the Rev.
Thomas Bacon, No. 254.
Laws of the British Plantations, by Nicholas
Trott, No. 30.
Lee, Major General Charles, 137, 138, i38n,
139. I40> 141, I4in-
Lee, J. W. M., Hand List of Maryland Laws,
cited, 3on.
The Lee Papers, cited i4in.
A Letter from a Freeholder, No. 37.
A Letter to his Excellency, by Jonas Green,
No. 236.
Lewis, Richard, 65, 65n, 67, 70; translator
oi Muscipula, No. 43; author of Carmen
Seculare, No. 76; Rhapsody attributed to.
No. 77.
Liberty of the Press in Maryland, 135-137-
Library, Circulating, established by William
Rind in Annapolis, 85; proposed in Balti-
more, No. 322.
Library of Congress, 24, 26.
Literary beginnings in Maryland, 63-69.
Llewellin, John, 7.
Lloyd, Edward, io5n.
Lords Commissioners of Trade and Foreign
Plantations, Ji?f Board of Trade and Plan-
tations; also Lords of Trade.
Lords of Trade, i, 2, 7, 8; see also Board of
Trade and Plantations.
Loudon, Samuel, printer, of New York, 115.
Ludlow, England, 74n.
Ludlow Post-Man, i\n.
M'Clellan, William J., cited, ii9n.
McCrady, Edward, History of South Caro-
lina, cited, 47n.
McCreary, G. W., The First Book Printed in
Baltimore-Town, cited, ii2n.
McMahon, J. V. L., An Historical View of
the Government of Maryland, cited, 42, 42n,
43-
Macnemara, Mr., 60.
McSherry, Father William, 147, 148, 149.
Maggot, Fr., 2n, 72n.
The Manual Exercise, by Edward Harvey,
N0.355.
Markland, J., Typographia, 73.
Marvel, Andrew, pseudonym of William
Goddard, 123, i23n.
Marye, William B., Old Indian Road, cited,
6on.
Maryland, Assembly 'Doaime.nts, Address of
the Representatives (1689), No. i; His Ex-
cellency's Speech (1708), No. 20; The As-
sembly's Answer (1708), No. 21; His Ex-
cellency's Speech (1719), No. 24; The
Speech of Coll. Charles Calvert (1721), No.
29; Address and Resolves (1722), No. 32;
Charter andDebates and Proceedingsiijl^),
No. 23'j Governor's Speech and Assem-
bly's Answer (1728), No. 45; UpperHouse
Address and Governor's Answer (1729),
No. 53; Governor's Speech (1730), N0.64;
Upper House Address and Governor's
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Answer (1730), No. 65; Lower House Ad-
dress and Governor's Answer (1730), No.
66; Governor's Speech (1732), No. 79; A
Collection oj the Governor's Several Speeches
(1739), No. 94; Upper House Address and
Governor's Answer, No. 96; Council Pro-
ceedings (1739), No. 100; Governor's
Speech (1740), No. loi; Report of Com-
mittee on the Fund Raised by Three Pence
per Hogshead (1742), No. 108; Charter,
No. 152; Upper House Address and Gov-
ernor's Answer (1752), No. 158; Same
(1752), No. 164; Militia Bill (1756), No.
192; Supply Bill (1757), No. 206; "Three
Bills" (Naturalization and two Supply
Bills, 1760), No. 221; Governor's Procla-
mation regarding Boston fire sufferers
(1760), No. 222; Form for prorogation of
Assembly, No. 223; Council Proceedings
(1761), No. 228; Lower House Address
and Governor's Answer (1761), No. 229;
Upper House Address and Governor's An-
swer (1761), No. 230; Supply Bill (1762),
No. 239; Proclamation (1763), No. 245;
Council Proceedings ( 1 756-1 764) , No. 266 ;
Proceedings of Committee on the "Good
Intent" (1770), No. 299; Bill for redress-
ing Evils Arising from Variation of Com-
pass (i77i),No. 304; Proceedings on Con-
ference ( 1 771), No. 305; Governor's Proc-
lamation (1771), No. 307; Constitution
and Declaration of Rights (1776), Nos.
373-376.
Maryland, Compiled Laws of, first compila-
tion proposed (1696), 17; printed (1700),
23; corrections in, printed, 24; unique
copy of, discussed, 24-27, and described.
No. 7; second compilation printed (1707),
28-29; discussed, 29-33; unique copy de-
scribed 3in, and No. 17; third compila-
tion printed (Philadelphia, 1718), 41-43;
described, 42, 43, and No. 23; fourth com-
pilation printed (London, 1723), 45-46;
described, N0.3 1 ; fifth compilation printed
(1727), 63; described, No. 38; sixth com-
pilation printed (1765), 95-1 10; described.
No. 254; Collection of all Laws Relating to
Inspection of Tobacco (1747- 1750), No.
1 53; Bisset's Abridgement (1759), 102, 103,
io3n; described. No. 215.
Maryland, Council of, Proceedings (1740),
No. 100.
Maryland Diocesan Library, Baltimore, 63.
Maryland Gazette (ist), 63; heading repro-
duced, 69; established by Parks (1727),
69; description, 70; heading compared to
that of the Ludlow Post-Man, 74n; enter-
ed in bibliography, Nos. 41, 47, 55, 68,74,
81, 85, 87; second Maryland Gazette, es-
tablished by Jonas Green (1745), 80; 82-
85; published by Green & Rind, 85-87;
continued by Anne Catharine Green, 90;
continued by her sons and grandson until
1839, 91, 93; lapses and resumes, 117-118;
in bibliography see entries under every
year from 1745 to 1776.
Maryland Gazette and Annapolis Advertiser,
published by James Hayes, Jr., 117.
The Maryland Gazette and Baltimore General
Advertiser, published by James Hayes, Jr.,
117.
Maryland Historical Society, 11, 6on, 73n.
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser,
116, 127; announcement and first issue of
(1773), 128; Mary K. Goddard assumes
control of, (1774), 129; William Goddard
resumes control (1784), 141; published by
Goddard and Langworthy, 141; by God-
dard and Angell, 142; Nos. 321,334,362a,
382a.
The Maryland Muse, by Ebenezer Cooke,
title-page of, reproduced, 66; 67, 68, 68n;
No. 70.
Maryland, Printing in, fabled Jesuit press,
i47-i49;establishmentof first press,3;reg-
ulation of, by Council, 8-9; extent and char-
acter of, in 17th century, 1 1 ; second press
and its probable activities, 12-14; evi-
dence for press in Maryland, in 17th cen-
tury, 15-16; third press, the Bladen-Read-
ing press proposed and established, 18,19,
21; its imprints, 21-26; fourth press, the
Reading press conducted alone by Thom-
as Reading, 27-37 \ printing of Province
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done by Andrew Bradford of Philadelphia
through Evan Jones, 39-45; fifth press es-
tablished by John Peter Zenger, 49-53;
question of Michael Piper's press, 53-55;
AndrewBradford again, 56-57; first period
ends (1725), 58; sixth press established by
William Parks, 59; greater dignity and
permanency of press in Maryland from
this time, 60; act of 1727 the first for en-
couragement of printing in Maryland, 60,
149-150; literary and journalistic aspect,
63-70; seventh press established in An-
napolis by Jonas Green, conducted by him
and by his widow and sons and grandson
until 1839, 75-94; the printing of Bacon's
Laws of Maryland, the typographical mon-
ument of the Province, 95-110; early
printing in Baltimore, 111-118; the God-
dards in Baltimore and the struggle for
the freedom of the press, 128-146; the con-
clusion of the history of Maryland print-
ing in the colonial period, 146; the print-
ing equipment of a colonial Maryland es-
tablishment, 153.
Maryland, Session Laws of, beginning of
printed series (1704), 33-36; edition of
Philadelphia (1719), 22> 43-44; editions
probably printed by John Peter Zenger
(1720-1721), 50-51; beginning of unin-
terrupted series by Parks (1726), 63; for
descriptions of printed laws of separate
sessions, see Nos. 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19,
22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, 39, 44, 52,62,71,
72, 78, 83, 88, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 104, 107,
111, 114, 118, 123, 124, 125, 128,136,142,
149-151; 157, 165, 167, 168, 169, 179-181,
190, 191, 196, 197, 203-205, 219-221, 238,
249, 250, 267, 268, 275, 282, 297, 298, 306,
312,317,318,330,331.
Maryland, Votes and Proceedings of, be-
ginning of series found in certain consti-
tutional documents, 55; regular printing
of, provided for, 61-62; for description of
printed copies of individual sessions, see
Nos. 32, 23> 40, 46, 54> 67, 73, 80, 84, 89,
93, 95, 102, 103, 105, no, 112, 115, 119,
120, 126, 129, 130, 137, 138, 143, 154, 159,
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160, 170-173, 182-184, 198-200, 208-211,
216, 217, 224, 225, 231, 240, 251, 270, 271,
300, 308, 309, 313, 319, 332; for proceed-
ings of Revolutionary conventions, see
Nos. 328, 329, 358, 360, 378-381.
Massachusetts, Printing in, 12.
Massachusetts Spy, Motto of, I23n.
Mather, Cotton, 28.
Maul, Anna Catherina, 52.
Maury, James (the Rev.), No. 311.
Mereness, N. D., Maryland as a Proprietary
Province, cited, loon, I02n.
Metropolitan Catholic Almanac, cited, 147.
Metropolitan Magazine, cited, 147.
Milton, Abraham, Nos 234 and 235.
Monis, Judah, A Grammar of the Hebrew
Tongue, 76.
The Mouse-Trap, by E. Holdsworth, trans,
by R. Lewis, No. 43.
Muscipula, by E. Holdsworth, title-page of,
reproduced, 64; 65; No. 43.
The Necessity of an Early Religion, by the
Rev. Thomas Bray, 20, 21 ; No. 5.
Negroes in Maryland, Bacon's interest in,96.
The New England Primmer, Edition of, at-
tributed to Enoch Story, the younger
(1775), 116; No. 363.
New Tobacco Law, No. 63.
A New Version of the Psalms of David, by
the Rev. Thomas Cradock, No. 189.
New-York Gazette and Weekly Post-Boy, 1 20,
122.
New York, Printing in, 12, 39.
Newspapers in Maryland, first Maryland
Gazette established by William Parks,
(1727), 69; second Maryland Gazette es-
tablished by Jonas Green (1745), 82-93;
Mary/flWffyoarwa/, established by William
Goddard in Baltimore (1773), 116, 128-
129; Dunlap's Maryland Gazette, estab-
lished in Baltimore (1775) by John Dun-
lap, 117; carried on (1778-1779) by James
Hayes, jr., as The Maryland Gazette, and
Baltimore General Advertiser, 117.
Nicholson, Francis, Governor of Maryland,
17, i8n, 23, 28, 29, 53.
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Non-importation agreement, Nos. 289, 290,
324, 3^5. 328.
Nothead see Nuthead.
Now ready for the Press, No. 339.
Nulhead, see Nuthead.
Nuthead, Dinah, possession of press, 9; ad-
ministratrix of William, 10; probable es-
tablishment of press at Annapolis, 12; pe-
tition for license to print and her bond for
good behavior as printer, 13; possible im-
prints, 14; second marriage, 14; third mar-
riage, 15; character and services of, 15;
mentioned, 18.
Nuthead, Susan, or Susannah, 14, I5n.
Nuthead, William, 2-16; first employment
as printer in Maryland, 3-4; land survey-
ed for, 4; spelling of name, 4n; first im-
print recorded, 4; first imprint extant,
(Plate I), 6-8; deposition concerning ille-
gal printing of warrants and action of
Council, 8-9; signing of St. Mary's "Re-
monstrance," 9; death and inventory of
estate, lo-l i ; equipment, 1 1 ; summary of
services, 15-16; mentioned 58, 72.
Nuthead, William, Jr., 14.
"Nutheads Choice," 4.
Nutthead, see Nuthead.
Oely see Oley.
Ogle, Samuel, Governor of Maryland, 72.
Oley, Dinah (Nuthead) (Devoran), i5n.
Oley, Margaret, i5n.
Oley, Sebastian, 15, i5n.
Opdike, C. W., The Op Dyck Genealogy, cited,
i2on.
Oswald, Col. Eleazar, 137, i37n, 138, 139,
i39n, 140, 141.
Paltsits, V. H.,"John Holt, Printer and Post-
master," cited, 120, i22n, i29n, I38n.
Papermaking in Maryland, 138.
Paper Mill, established by William Parks,
at Williamsburg, 72-73; sale of, 73n.
Papers of George Washington, cited, I4in.
Papers of the Continental Congress, cited,
'^32^^ i34n, 1451-
"Park Hall," Carroll County, Maryland,
6on; in Prince George's County, Mary-
land, 6on, 74n; at Oswestry, England,
74n; at Bitterley, England, 74n.
Parker, James, printer, 120, 121, 122, 129;
"Letters of, to Benjamin Franklin,"cited,
I29n.
Parks, Eleanor, wife of William Parks, 60,
74n.
Parks, Eleanor, daughter of William Parks,
60.
Parks, William, 2, 16, 22, 55. $8; 59-74;
brought to Maryland by Thomas Bord-
ley, 59 ; origin, 59, 73-74n ; descendants, 60;
will and inventory, 6on, 73; "Park Hall,"
Maryland, 60; law of 1727 for his encour-
agement, 60, 149-150; proposals to As-
sembly, 60-6 1 ; discord between the Houses
as to his title and as to what he should
print, 61-62; prints compiled laws of 1727,
known as "the old Body of Laws," 63; in-
augurates a literary tradition in Mary-
land, 63-69; founds the Maryland Gazette,
first newspaper South of Pennsylvania,
69-70; his partner and assistants, 7on; ne-
glects part of duties and is admonished by
act of Assembly (1737), 71; removes to
Virginia,7l ; long and honorable service in
Williamsburg, 72-73; builds in Williams-
burg first paper mill south of Pennsylva-
nia, 72; salary in Maryland and Virginia,
7in, 72; death (1750), 73; discussion of
identity with William Parks, printer of
Ludlow, Hereford and Reading, England,
73-74n; mentioned, 75, 76, 80.
The Partnership, by William Goddard,cited,
I2in, I22n, 123, I23n, 124, 126, I26n.
Peabody Library of Baltimore, 3 in.
"Peggy Stewart" (brig). No. 323.
Penn, William, Printing disapproved by,2n.
The Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal
Advertiser, Philadelphia, first issue of, 1 24;
sketch of, 125-127; failure of, 127.
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia Alma-
nac and Ephemeris, edited by William
Goddard (1784), 141.
Pennsylvania Gazette, motto used on, i23n.
Pennsylvania Packet, 116.
Pennsylvania, Printing in, 2n, 12, 39.
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Piper, Michael, master of the Free School,
Annapolis, proposes to print the session
laws (1722), 54; fails to carry out propo-
sals, 54-55; mentioned, 46n, 56, 65.
Pitt, William (Lord Chatham) Bill of, for set-
tling the troubles in America, No. 354.
"The Plan for Establishing a New Ameri-
can Post Office," 132.
Pleasants, J. Hall, The Curzon Family of
New York and Baltimore and their English
Descent, cited, 52n.
Poor Robert Improved, by Robert Cockburn,
No. 303.
Popish Zeal inconvenient to Mankind, by the
Rev. William Brogden, No. 177.
Post Office, British, in North America, 128-
134; supplanted by Goddard's Constitu-
tional Post Office, i34n.
Post Office, Constitutional, establishment
of, by William Goddard, 129-135.
Post Office, United States, established as
Constitutional Post Office by William
Goddard, 129-135; No. 384.
Poultney, William, bookbinder, 87n.
The Power of the Gospel, in the Conversion of
Sinners, by the Rev. George Keith, place
of publication determined, 27; No. 9.
Primers, Nos. 56, 57, 363.
Prince, Thomas, Chronological History of
New England, 76.
Prince George's County is so very large. No.
"Printer to the Province," origin and use of
title, 61, 6in.
Printing equipment in Maryland, Nuthead's
II; Bladen's 18, 21, 22; Reading's, 21, 37;
question of disposition of Bladen's press,
54, 54n; list of equipment owned by Anne
Catharine Green, 153.
Printing in Colonies, chronology of, 12;
royal instructions to governors concern-
ing, i8n; scarcity of printers, 40; freedom
of the press established by Zenger's trial,
49, and by Goddard's contests with the
Baltimore populace, 136-140: see also un-
der names of individual colonies.
Privy Council, Office of, 109.
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Proceedings of the Committee on the Brigan-
tine Good Intent, No. 299; of the Congress
at New York (Stamp Act), No. 273; of the
Convention of the Province of Maryland,
Nos. 328, 329, 358, 360, 378-381; of the
Sons of Liberty, No. 274.
Proposals for a Tobacco-Law, No. 2,^; for Es-
tablishing a Circulating Library in Balti-
more-Town, No. 322.
A Protest against Popery, by the Rev.Hugh
Jones, No. 113.
Protestant Association, No. 2.
"Protestant Declaration" 1689, see The Dec-
laration of the Reasons and Motives for the
Present Appearing in Arms.
Protestant Revolution in Maryland (1689),
3. 4. 7. 8, 99.
Providence, R. I., first printing office estab-
lished by William Goddard, 120; contin-
ued by Sarah Goddard and John Carter,
121, I2in.
Providence Gazette and Country Journal,!!!.
Providence Journal, cited, i2in.
Prowess of the Whig Club, cited, 137, i37n.
Public Record Office, London, 7; documents
in, cited, in, 2n, 5n, 7n.
Randall, J. W., Endowment Guild of St.
Anne's Parish, cited, 41 n.
Reading, Thomas, 1 1, 19-37; as Bladen's as-
sociate prints first compilation of Mary-
land Laws (1700), 24; the Bray and Keith
Sermons (1700 and 1703), 21-22, 27; con-
stituted public printer (1704), 28; mar-
riage, 28; petition to print compiled laws
(1707), 28; petition granted, 29; payment
determined 29; editions of session laws
discussed, 33-36; petition of, (1709), 34;
death (1713), Z^'i services to the Province,
36-37; inventory of estate, 37; mentioned,
55, 58; for imprints, see bibliographical
appendix, Nos. 5-22.
Redding, Thomas, see Reading, Thomas.
Redick, John, A Detection of the Conduct and
Proceedings of Messrs. Annan and Hen-
derson (1764), 113; No. 262.
Redick-Le-Man, see Redick.
IN'DEX
Religion, Act for Establishment of (1700),
22, 23; No. 6.
Remarks upon a Message, No. 248n.
Reply to the Churchoj England Planter' sFirst
Letter, by the Rev. Bennet Allen, No. 295.
Resolved, that any Restrictions (1776), No.
389; that the Assemblies (1776), No. 387.
The Rev. Mr. Jacob Henderson' s fifth Letter
to Daniel Dulany, Esq., No. 6 in.
A Rhapsody, by [Richard Lewis], No. 77.
Richardson (ship captain), 109.
Richardson, Hester Dorsey, MarylandGlean-
ings, cited, ign.
Ridgely, Charles, No. 341.
Ridgely, David, Annals oj Annapolis, cited,
82n.
Ridout, John, I05n; No. 265n.
The Right of the Inhabitants of Maryland to
the Benefit of the English Laws, by Daniel
Dulany, the Elder, No. 42.
The Right to the Tonnage, by Daniel Dulany,
Jr., No. 265.
Riley, E. S., Ancient City, cited, 4in, 82n,
89n.
Rind, Abigail (Green), Sfn.
Rind, Alexander, 85n.
Rind, Anne, 85n.
Rind, Clementina, 15, 87.
Rind, William, parentage, 85n; apprentice-
ship to, and partnership with Jonas Green,
85; opens book store and establishes cir-
culating library in Annapolis, 85; the
newspaper firm of Green & Rind, 85; so-
licited to come to Virginia by Thomas Jef-
ferson, 85; removes to Williamsburg and
establishes Virginia Gazette, 87; public
printer of Virginia, 87; death (1773), 87.
Roden, R. F., The Cambridge Printers, cited,
i2n, 75n.
Rosenbach, A. S. W., 35n.
Ross, John, io5n.
"Roughead, William," 4n.
Royal Dublin Society, No. 135.
Royle, Joseph, printer, 87.
Rules and Articles for the better Government of
the Troops, No. 367.
Rusk, David, I37n.
Rutherford, Livingston, John Peter Zenger,
Second New York Printer, his Press, his
Trial, cited, 52n.
Sabine, Lorenzo, The American Loyalists,
cited, 119.
St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County,
28n, 40n, 41 n, 80.
St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland,54.
St. Mary's City, Maryland, 3-15; first press
in, 3; imprints, 5-8; removal of capital
from, 9; legend of a Jesuit press in, 147-
149.
St. Peter's Parish, Talbot County, Mary-
land, 96.
Scharf, J. T., Chronicles of Baltimore, cited,
ii9n, I37n; History of Maryland, cited,
147, 148, 149; Scharf and Westcott, His-
tory of Philadelphia, cited, I38n.
Schlesinger, A. M., Maryland's Share in the
Last Intercolonial War, cited, I02n.
Scott, Upton, io5n.
Seidenstricker, O., First Century of German
Printing in America, cited, ii2n.
A Sermon preached before his Excellency and
bothHouses of Assembly, Dec. 13, 1754, by
the Rev. James Sterling, No. 1 86.
A Sermon preached before the Society of Free
and Accepted Masons, by the Rev. Thomas
Bacon, No. 163.
Sharpe, Horatio, Governor of Maryland, 97,
100, loi, 102, io2n; proposes plan for pub-
lication of Bacon's Laws of Maryland, 103-
105, io5n, mentioned 107, 109, iii.
Sharpe Correspondence, cited, io2n, I03n,
I04n, io6n, io7n, I09n, 11 in.
Shea, J. G., Catholic Church in Colonial Days,
cited, 147.
Shelton, Eleanor (Parks), 60.
Shelton, John, 60.
Shelton, Sarah, 60.
Shober, Frederick, printer, of Baltimore and
New York, 115.
Shober and Loudon, printers, of New York,
The Shocking accounts of damage (Williams-
burg, Virginia, 1775), No. 369.
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IN'DEX
Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of, 7,
711,8.
Sill, Howard, 88n.
A Single and Distinct View of the Two-Penny
Act, by the Rev. John Camm, No. 243.
Sioussat, St. George L., English Statutes in
Maryland, cited, 57n.
Sir, the letters which Mr. Johnson the adju-
tant brought (1775), No. 356.
Sir, Yesterday there was a Meeting ( 1 769) , No.
290.
Situation of Frederick-Town, No. 134.
Smith, Richard, 8, 9.
Smith, Samuel, 13911, 140.
Smith, William, History of the Post Office in
British North America, cited, i34n.
Smithson, Thomas, 22n.
Smyth, A. H. ed.. Writings of Benjamin
Franklin, cited, 12611.
"Some Queries, Political and Military," by
General Charles Lee, 137-140.
Somerville, George, i44n.
Sommervogel, Carlos, ed. Bibliotheque de la
Compagnie de Jesus, cited, 148.
Sotweed Factor, by Ebenezer Cooke, No. 70.
Sotweed Redivivus, by E[benezer] C[ooke],
Gent., 65, 68n; No. 60.
Soumaien, Samuel, 76n.
Soumaien, Mrs. Susanna, 77n.
Southwell, Nathaniel, ed. Bibliotheca Scrip-
torum Societatis Jesu, cited, 148.
Sower, Christopher, of German town, 112.
Sower, Christopher, Jr., 1 14.
Sparrow, Thomas, Sr., 88.
Sparrow, Thomas, first Maryland engraver,
87-89, 91; probable parentage, 88; guar-
dianship by Jonas Green, 88; training as
goldsmith, 88; his work as an engraver,
89; engraves Provincial Arms for title-
page of Bacon's Laws, 109.
Speechof his Excellency (1708), No. 20; (1721)
No. 29; (1730), No. 64; (1732), No. 79;
(1740), No. loi.
Spencer, Nicholas, Sec'y of Virginia Council,
2.
Sprague, Wm. B., cited, 98n.
Sprigg, Richard, 88n, 89.
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Stamp Act, broadside concerning. No. 264;
Proceedings of the Congress at New York
(1765), No. 273; broadside (1766), No.
274; Maryland Gazette during operation
of, 83; Daniel Dulany's Considerations,
Nos. 255-258; title-page reproduced, 78;
Goddard's publication against, 122-123.
Stamp Act, Maryland edition of. No. 259.
Statutes, English in Maryland, 55; No. 42.
Steiner, Bernard C, "Andrew Hamilton and
John PeterZenger," cited, 42n,52n; Early
Maryland Poetry, cited, 67n; "A Pioneer
in Negro Education," cited, 98n.
Sterling, James (the Rev.), No. 186.
Steuart, George, io5n, 106.
Stevens, Henry, "Calendar of Maryland
Papers," cited, 7n.
Stevenson, Dr. Henry, 115.
Stith's History of Virginia, printed by Wil-
liam Parks, 73.
Story, Enoch, the elder, 116.
Story, Enoch, the younger, sets up press in
Baltimore about 1774, 115; sells equip-
ment and removes to Philadelphia(i775),
116.
Story and Humphreys, printers, of Philadel-
phia, 116.
Strahan, William, English publisher and
poUtician, I24n, 127, I27n.
Subscription Paper for the Deputy Commis-
sary's Guide, No. 340.
"Sun Iron Building," I28n.
Swearingen, see Van Swearingen.
Talbot, Charles, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury,
see Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, 12th Earl
of.
Talbot, John, 28.
Tasker, Anne (Bladen), 19.
Tasker, Benjamin, 19, 51.
Tasker, Benjamin (2d), io5n.
Taylard, William, 13, 15, i5n.
Taylor, John, 25n.
Taylor, Randal, 5.
Taylor, Randolph, see Taylor, Randal.
Tea, Destruction of, No. 2'^2-
A Thanksgiving Sermon on the Supression of
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the Unnatural Rebellion in Scotland, by the
Rev. John Gordon, No. 117.
Thirteen Hymns, by Elhanan Winchester,
Nos. 390,391.
This Morning Congress received the following
Letterfrom General Washington (i 776), No.
385-
Thomas, David, No. 335.
Thomas, Isaiah, History of Printing in Amer-
ica, cited 12, I2n, 43n, 52n, 58, 59n, 7in,
73". 76n, 791. 87, ii2n, 113, 114, 115,
ii5n, ii7n, 119, ii9n, 122, 123, i23n,
i26n, I36n, i4in, 143, 144.
Thomas, J. W., Chronicles of Colonial Mary-
land, cited, 148.
Tilghman, Oswald, cited, 98n.
Timothy, Lewis, printer, 47n.
To Christians of Every Denomination among
us, by the Rev. James Maury, No. 311.
To his Excellency (Address of Assembly)
(i7o8),No. 20; (1728) No. 45; (1729), No.
53;(i73o).No.65;(i739),No.96;(i76i),
Nos. 229 and 230; (Petition of certain in-
habitants of Baltimore County), Nos.
285-287; (Petition of Jonas Green), No.
^37-
To the Citizens of Annapolis (signed A. Citi-
zen, 1 775), No. 364 ; (Signed An American,
1775), No. 365.
To the Honourable Benedict Leonard Calvert,
Esq. (1730), No. 66.
To the Honourable Benjamin Tasker, Esq.
(1752), No. 158.
To the Inhabitants of Anne Arundel County
(1775), No. 342.
To the People of Maryland (signed, A Coun-
tryman, 1776), No. 383.
To the Public (signed, Samuel Chase, 1766),
No. 263; (signed, Bennet Allen, 1768),
No. 279; (signed, William Green, 1768),
No. 280; (signed, Daniel Wolstenholme,
1768), No. 288.
To Walter Tolley, Benjamin Nicholson, John
Moale, Robert Alexander, and Jeremiah
Tomnley Chase, Esqrs. (1775), No. 366.
Tobacco, Nos. 36, 37, 51, 63, 108, 147, 148,
153. 243> 265.
Tobacco, equivalent in currency, ion, 26,
26n.
"Tobacco Laws," 44.
"Tom-Tell Truth" episode, 136, I36n, 137.
Tonnage duty, 99-100, 101, 104; No. 265.
Towne, Benjamin, Philadelphia, partner of
Goddard, 125-126; quarrel and dissolu-
tion of partnerhisp, I26n; mentioned 127.
Trott, Nicholas, Laws of the British Planta-
tions, 25, 26, 30, 3on, 46, 47; its editor,
47n; described. No. 30.
Tuesday Club of Annapolis, 81, 107; printed
notices of meetings, Nos. 187, 188.
Two Sermons, by the Rev.Thomas Cradock,
No. 122.
Type-founding in America, 114.
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen
United States of America (July 4, iJjS),
No. 392.
United Colonies of North America, Nos.336,
337> 367. 384-
United States of America, Nos. 385-389, 392.
Updike, Lodowick, 120.
Updike,Sarah, see Goddard,Sarah (Updike)
Vallette, Elie, Deputy Commissary's Guide,
89, 91; No. 338; subscription papers for,
Nos. 339, 340.
Van Swearingen, Anne, see Bladen, Anne
(Van Swearingen).
Van Swearingen, Garrett, 19.
Vinegar Bible, 46.
Virginia Gazette, established by William
Parks, 73, 73n; Rind's Virginia Gazette,
Virginia Laws (compiled), printed by Parks
.(733)>72.
Virginia Laws (session), Parks proposes to
print (1727), 72.
Vriginia, Printing in, I, 2, 2n, 3, 12, 71-73,
85, 87.
Virginia Baptist, by David Thomas, No.
335-
Votes and Proceedings of the Lower House
of Assembly of the Province of Maryland,
see Maryland, Votes and Proceedings of.
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Votes and Resolves of the Lower House of
Assembly of the Province of Maryland,
see Maryland, Votes and Proceedings of.
"Vox Populi, Vox Dei. A Providence Ga-
zette Extraordinary," 121.
Wallace, Charles, I05n.
Wapping Wharf, Annapolis, 29.
Warner, John, Nos. 48, 58, 69.
Washington, George, 129, 135, 138, 139,141,
I4in, 145.
We have just received the following important
Intelligence (1775), No. 345.
We, the Subscribers, his Majesty's loyal and
dutiful Subjects, (1769), No. 289.
"Webb, Mr." George (?), John (?), 7on.
Weeks, L. H., History of Paper Manufactur-
ing in the U. S., i6go-i()i6, cited, 73n.
The Weeks Preparation, No. 59.
Weyman, Henry T., cited, 74n.
Wharton, Thomas, 123; partnership with
Goddard and Galloway, 124-127.
Where are ye All now? (1774), No. 341.
Whereas LordBunmore (1775), No. 368.
Whereas, the just War (1776), No. 386.
Whetcroft, William, I34n.
Whig Club of Baltimore, attack upon Wil-
liam Goddard, 136, 137.
White, Father Andrew, Catechism, 147,148,
149.
Williamsburg, Virginia, existence of press
there in 1702 questioned, 2; press estab-
lished there in 1730 by William Parks, 71 ;
Nos. 368 and 369.
Wilson, Thomas (the Rt. Rev.), 96, 96n.
Winchester, Elhanan, Nos. 390, 391.
Wolstenholme, Daniel, io5n; No. 288.
Women printers in America, 15.
Woodbridge, N. J., 123, I23n.
Woodward, Ashbel, "Brief Memories and
Notices of Prince's Subscribers," cited,
77n.
Wooten, see Wooton.
Wooton, James (the Rev.), 28n; No. 14.
Wroth, L. C, "A Maryland Merchant and
his Friends," cited, 98n.
Zenger, Anna Catherina (Maul), 52.
Zenger, John, 52.
Zenger, John Peter, 42n, 44; 49-58; sketch
of his life, 49-50; arrival in Maryland, 50;
petition to print Session Laws (1720), 50;
his naturalization in Maryland, 50; loca-
tion of residence and printing house, Ches-
tertown or Annapolis, 50-53; evidence of
his printing Maryland Session Laws ( 1 720-
1721), 50-51 ; removal from Maryland and
later Hfe, 51-52; discussion of his Mary-
land activities, 52, 53.
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